A reappraisal of thyroid surgery under local anaesthesia: Back to the future?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 287-289

  Hisham, Abdullah N ^a   Aina, Emran N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Local anaesthesia; Thyroid surgery; Visual analogue scoring scale

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SAFETY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEDATION; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036094740     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02372.x     Document Type: Article

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