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CQ9. What Are the Sensitivity and Specificity of Ultrasonography, CT, MRI, Laryngoscopy, and Bronchoscopy in the Preoperative Evaluation of Thyroid Cancer Invasion to the Trachea, Esophagus, and the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve?

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Ultrasonography, CT, MRI, endoscopic ultrasonography, bronchoscopy, and larygoscopy are among the possible diagnostic tools in the preoperative evaluation of invasion to the trachea, esophagus, and the recurrent nerve.

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Suzuki, S., Fukunari, N., Kameyama, K., Miyakawa, M., Tanaka, K., Hibi, Y. (2013). CQ9. What Are the Sensitivity and Specificity of Ultrasonography, CT, MRI, Laryngoscopy, and Bronchoscopy in the Preoperative Evaluation of Thyroid Cancer Invasion to the Trachea, Esophagus, and the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve?. In: Takami, H., Ito, Y., Noguchi, H., Yoshida, A., Okamoto, T. (eds) Treatment of Thyroid Tumor. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54049-6_14

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