The Combined Role of Ultrasound and Frozen Section in Surgical Management of Thyroid Nodules Read as Suspicious for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma on Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy: A Retrospective Study

摘要

Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the combined role of ultrasound (US) and frozen section (FS) in the surgical management of thyroid nodules that are suspicious for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) on US-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (US-FNAB).