Patient volumes and complications in thyroid surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 821-823

  McHenry, C R ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LARYNGEAL NERVE; NERVE INJURY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TRAINING;

HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0036069697     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2002.02145.x     Document Type: Editorial

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