The use of Ligasure Vessel Sealing System in thyroid surgery

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 487-489

  Lachanas, Vassilios A ^a   Prokopakis, Emmanuel P ^a   Mpenakis, Antonios A ^a   Karatzanis, Alexander D ^a   Velegrakis, George A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; LIGASURE VESSEL SEALING SYSTEM; LIGATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NERVE PARALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14744268867     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2004.09.020     Document Type: Article

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