Randomised trial of subcuticular suture versus metal clips for wound closure after thyroid and parathyroid surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 303-306

  Selvadurai, D ^a   Wildin, C ^a   Treharne, G ^a   Choksy, S A ^a   Heywood, M M ^a   Nicholson, M L ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neck incision; Surgical clips; Wound closure

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; THYROID SURGERY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THYROIDECTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030860051     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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