Thyroid surgery - The Tan Tock Seng Hospital otolaryngology experience

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 158-164

  Lee, Julian C Y ^a   Siow, J K ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Hypocalcaemia; Intraoperative frozen section analysis; Postoperative morbidity; Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0036513576     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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