Endoscopic neck surgery with lymph node dissection for papillary carcinoma of the thyroid using a totally gasless anterior neck skin lifting method

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 990-994

  Kitagawa, Wataru ^a   Shimizu, Kazuo ^b   Akasu, Haruki ^b   Tanaka, Shigeo ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0037646996     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(03)00130-3     Document Type: Article

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