Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of the UltraCision® Harmonic Scalpel in Thyroid Surgery: An Analysis of 200 Cases in a Randomized Trial

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques - Part A

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-12

  Ortega, Joaquín ^a,b,c   Sala, Carlos ^a   Flor, Blas ^a   Lledo, Salvador ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALPEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 1442359035     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109264204322862289     Document Type: Article

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