Thyroid surgery: Who should do it? How should it be done?

Thyroid

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-187

  Schwartz, Arthur ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; NERVE INJURY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15744399321     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2005.15.185     Document Type: Editorial

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