Complications of 867 Thyroidectomies Performed in a Region of Endemic Goiter in Turkey

International Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 298-301

  Calik, A ^a,b   Kucuktulu, U ^a   Cinel, A ^a   Bilgin, Y ^a   Alhan, E ^a   Piskin, B ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Goiter, endemic; Thyroidectomy, complications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; ENDEMIC GOITER; FEMALE; GOITER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LARYNX EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER, ENDEMIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RISK FACTORS; THYROIDECTOMY; TURKEY;

EID: 0030453712     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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