Minimal incision parathyroidectomy: Cure, cosmesis, and cost

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1442-1445

  Lowney, Jennifer K ^a   Weber, Beverly ^b   Johnson, Shirley ^b   Doherty, Gerard M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID HYPERPLASIA; PARATHYROID SCINTISCANNING; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033777677     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002680010238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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