Three-year financial analysis of minimally invasive radio-guided parathyroidectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1112-1115

  Hutchinson, Julie R ^a   Yandell, David W ^a   Bumpous, Jeffrey M ^a   Fleming, Muffin M ^a   Flynn, Michael B ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13844311263     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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