Does draining the neck affect morbidity following thyroid surgery?

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 778-780

  Schoretsanitis, George ^a   Melissas, John ^a   Sanidas, Elias ^a   Christodoulakis, Manousos ^a   Vlachonikolis, John G ^a   Tsiftsis, Dimitas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PAIN PARAMETERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0031928705     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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