Open AccessDiagnosis and choice of the surgical treatment volume in patients with nodular disease of the thyroid gland
Author(s) -
Г. К. Жерлов,
Д В Зыков,
Н. П. Резанцева,
А. В. Карпович,
Т. Г. Жерлова
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
bûlletenʹ sibirskoj mediciny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1819-3684
pISSN - 1682-0363
DOI - 10.20538/1682-0363-2006-2-114-118
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , differential diagnosis , radiology , biopsy , ultrasound , pathology
The aim of the study was develop the treatment –diagnosis algorithm in nodal diseases of the thyroid gland. Analysis of diagnosis and treatment procedures in 252 patients with nodal disease of the thyroid gland was performed. The differential diagnosis algorithm of patients’ examination which included preoperative ultrasound study (US), fine-needle aspiration biopsy, laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) and also perioperative US and LDF allowed to reliably determine character of the thyroid gland lesion, its morphological type in 91.7% of cases and choose the adequate volume of surgical treatment.