An audit of parotidectomy in Singapore: A review of 31 cases

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-278

  Hwang, S Y ^a,b   Brett, R H ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Audit; Complications; Facial nerve; Parotidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FREY SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMA; PAROTID GLAND CANCER; PAROTIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAROTID DISEASES; PAROTID GLAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0141670684     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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