Video-Assisted Open Thyroid Lobectomy through a Small Incision

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-19

  Chao, Tzu Chieh ^a,b   Lin, Jen Der ^a   Chen, Miin Fu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lobectomy; Morbidity; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SAFETY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY;

EID: 1442330219     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200402000-00004     Document Type: Article

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