Thyroid surgery: A comparison of outcomes between experts and surgeons in training

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-33

  Manolidis, Spiros ^a   Takashima, Masayoshi ^a   Kirby, Matthew ^a   Scarlett, Matthew ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEXAS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035403052     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2001.116790     Document Type: Article

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