Surgeon's approach to the thyroid gland: Surgical anatomy and the importance of technique

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 891-897

  Bliss, Richard D ^a,b   Gauger, Paul G ^a,c   Delbridge, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; PARATHYROID GLAND; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY;

HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; PARATHYROID GLANDS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0033940985     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002680010173     Document Type: Article

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