Drainage after thyroid surgery: A prospective randomized study

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-51

  Debry, Christian ^a   Renou, Guy ^a   Fingerhut, Abe ^a  

^a Leon Toulhadjian Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Drainage; Randomized controlled trial; Surgery; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GOITER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THYROID SURGERY;

EID: 0033042353     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100143129     Document Type: Article

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