Can the unnecessary operations for suspected thyroid nodules be avoided by the combined use of the strain ratio and elastography score? | Zendy

Orhan Görgülü | Zendy; Feride Fatma Görgülü | Zendy; Ayşe Selcan Koç | Zendy

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Can the unnecessary operations for suspected thyroid nodules be avoided by the combined use of the strain ratio and elastography score?

Author(s) -

Orhan Görgülü,

Feride Fatma Görgülü,

Ayşe Selcan Koç

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.488

H-Index - 33

eISSN - 1808-8694

pISSN - 1808-8686

DOI - 10.1016/j.bjorl.2020.05.017

Subject(s) - thyroid nodules , medicine , elastography , receiver operating characteristic , elasticity (physics) , area under the curve , malignancy , kappa , biopsy , radiology , ultrasound , pathology , mathematics , materials science , geometry , composite material

Only 5%-15% of thyroid surgical specimens are reported as malignant. Most of the operations are performed due to suspicion of malignancy as a result of fine needle aspiration biopsy but invasiveness, non-diagnostic results and potential repeat biopsies are disadvantages of fine needle aspiration biopsy.

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