Intraoperative frozen section for determining the extent of surgery in papillary thyroid carcinoma: comprehensive risk factor assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is much debate on the optimal treatment approach of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Different guidelines base recommendations on various risk factors. While diagnosing the various risk factors is difficult due to the technical limitations, intraoperative frozen section (IFS) may be a feasible method. We aim to real-time evaluate the multiple risk factors, including lymph node metastasis (LNM), extrathyroidal extension (ETE), multifocality using IFS, and then identify a more effective surgical plan, which may help avoid the need for a second surgery and improve prognosis of patients.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 364 patients from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. All the patients were initially recommended to undergo a hem

SUBMITTER: Jiang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10788568 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature