Improved results of cervical reoperation for medullary thyroid carcinoma

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 225, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 734-743

  Moley, Jeffrey F ^a,b   Dilley, William G ^a   Debenedetti, Mary K ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030793012     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199706000-00011     Document Type: Article

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