Sandra J. Slusarczyk
Case Western Reserve University
4 Papers
180 Citations
Sandra J. Slusarczyk is an academic researcher from Case Western Reserve University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thyroidectomy & Thyroid. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications.
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Follicular or Hu ̈rthle cell neoplasm of the thyroid: Can clinical factors be used to predict carcinoma and determine extent of thyroidectomy?
TL;DR: Clinical factors were not helpful in predicting carcinoma in patients with an indeterminate FNAB finding and thus cannot be used to reliably select patients for more extensive thyroidectomy.
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Recommendations for management of cystic thyroid disease.
TL;DR: FNAB of cystic thyroid nodules is rarely therapeutic and is a common cause of nondiagnostic rather than false-negative results, so recommendations for thyroidectomy should be based on FNAB rather than on size, fluid color, or failure of cyst resolution alone.
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Refined use of scintigraphy in the evaluation of nodular thyroid disease.
Christopher R. McHenry,Sandra J. Slusarczyk,Arman T. Askari,Ruth L. Lange,Carolyn M. Smith,Kenneth E. Nekl,Thomas A. Murphy +6 more
TL;DR: A 14% incidence of hyperfunctioning nodules in patients without a definitive FNAB warrants the use of scintigraphy but only when serum TSH levels are low, thus avoiding unnecessary scans in 91% of patients with a thyroid nodule.
Hypothyroidisim following hemithyroidectomy: Incidence, risk factors, and management***
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the records of all euthyroid patients who underwent hemithyroidectomy from 1992 to 2000 were reviewed to determine the frequency of postsurgical hypothyroidism and the predisposing factors.