2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid
Haugen, B. R., Alexander, E. K., et al. (2016).
Thyroid, 26(1), 1-133.
This guideline provides recommendations for the screening, evaluation, management, and surveillance of adult patients with thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. These recommendations are targeted to clinicians, patients, researchers, and health policy makers.
American Thyroid Association
"All patients undergoing thyroid surgery should have preoperative voice assessment as part of their preoperative physical examination. This should include the patient's description of vocal changes, as well as the physician's assessment of voice (Strong recommendation, moderate-quality evidence; p. 35).
