Size discrepancy between sonographic and pathological evaluation of solitary papillary thyroid carcinoma
Bachar G, Buda I, Cohen M, Hadar T, Hilly O, Schwartz N, Shpitzer T, Segal K. Size discrepancy between sonographic and pathological evaluation of solitary papillary thyroid carcinoma. European Journal Of Radiology 2013, 82: 1899-1903. PMID: 23948454, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid carcinomaThyroid carcinomaThyroid nodulesSonographic sizesLarge thyroid tumorsSolitary papillary thyroid carcinomaExtent of surgeryRabin Medical CenterTreatment of patientsSuspicious thyroid lesionsActual tumor sizePotential clinical implicationsHistological diameterPathological diameterPreoperative SonographicFinal pathologyPathological evaluationThyroid surgeryTumor sizeUltrasound findingsNeedle biopsyHistological examinationMedical CenterPapillary carcinomaStudy populationThyroid Surgery in the Elderly
Schwartz N, Shpitzer T, Feinmesser R, Robenshtok E, Bachar G. Thyroid Surgery in the Elderly. Gerontology 2013, 59: 401-407. PMID: 23988591, DOI: 10.1159/000351197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder patientsThyroid diseaseIndividual risk-benefit analysisOlder groupPrevalence of comorbiditiesRetrospective cohort studyExtent of surgeryTertiary medical centerAdvanced disease stageBetween-group differencesRisk-benefit analysisBasis of ageMore comorbiditiesAdvanced diseasePostoperative complicationsTotal thyroidectomyCohort studyElderly patientsYounger patientsMedical chartsDistant metastasisHistologic subtypeSurgical managementOperative managementRecurrence rate