Is primary total thyroidectomy justified in benign multinodular goiter? Results of a prospective quality assurance study of 45 hospitals offering different levels of care;Rolle der totalen Thyreoidektomie im primären Therapiekonzept der benignen Knotenstruma. Ergebnisse einer prospektiven Qualitä tssicherungsstudie in 45 Kliniken unterschiedlicher Versorgungsstufen

Chirurg

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 437-443

  Thomusch, O ^a,b   Sekulla, C ^a   Dralle, H ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Multinodular goiter; Surgery; Total thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LOBECTOMY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NODULAR GOITER; PARATHYROID GLAND; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REDUCTION; RISK FACTOR; THYROIDECTOMY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

FEMALE; GERMANY; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0642315518     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00104-002-0605-3     Document Type: Article

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