Complications of thyroid surgery: How to avoid them, how to manage them, and observations on their possible effect on the whole patient

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 971-975

  Reeve, Tom ^a   Thompson, Norman W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0033928341     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002680010160     Document Type: Article

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