Total thyroidectomy is improved by loupe magnification

Microsurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-42

  Testini, Mario ^a,b   Nacchiero, Michele ^a   Piccinni, Giuseppe ^a   Portincasa, Piero ^a   Di Venere, Beatrice ^a   Lissidini, Germana ^a   Bonomo, G Martino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENSES; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0842310846     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.10195     Document Type: Article

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