Drains for thyroidectomy/parathyroidectomy: Fact or fiction?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 302-305

  Tabaqchali, M A ^a,b   Hanson, J M ^a,c   Proud, G ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drainage; Parathyroidectomy; Postoperative complications; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NECK; PARATHYROID DISEASE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032872066     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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