The necessity for a thoracic approach in thyroid surgery

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 467-472

  Monchik, J M ^b   Materazzi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID TUMOR;

EID: 0034087120     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.135.4.467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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