Drains in Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: Are They Necessary?

Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 981-983

  Wax, Mark K ^a   Valiulis, Algis P ^b   Hurst, Michael K ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oshawa ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCALCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROID DISEASE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SEROMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PARATHYROID DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029103063     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1995.01890090025004     Document Type: Article

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