Completion thyroidectomy is defined as the surgical removal of the remnant thyroid tissue following procedures less than total or near-total thyroidectomy . The extent of surgical management for differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is controversial. Although some authors advocate subtotal thyroide
Locally aggressive differentiated thyroid carcinoma
✍ Scribed by Ferit Tovi; Jed Goldstein
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 560 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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