Specificity and sensitivity (expediency) of urgent histological study of surgical material in diagnosis of benign thyroid tumors

Aim. To identify the effectiveness of the diagnostic method for urgent histological study of surgical material of benign thyroid tumors.

Materials and methods. The study of diagnostic measures for 91 in-patients of the Surgical Department of the Budgetary Healthcare Institution of the Udmurt Republic “Republican Clinical Oncological Dispensary named after Sergei Grigoryevich Primushko” of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Udmurt Republic”, who suffered from benign thyroid nodular formations during 2016-2018 was conducted.

Results. The findings of an urgent histological study of surgical material coincided with the planned conclusion in 93 % of patients that made it possible to highlight the informative value of this method.

Conclusions. As a result of our study, the main diagnostic method for assessing benign neoplasms was the postoperative histological study but taking into account a high likelihood of their malignization and a number of other factors, complicating their course, it should be recommended to use a comprehensive preoperative examination and active surgical tactics at the early stages of this disease.