Complications of Thyroid Surgery: Analysis of a Multicentric Study on 14,934 Patients Operated on in Italy over 5 Years

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-276

  Rosato, Lodovico ^a   Avenia, Nicola ^b   Bernante, Paolo ^c   De Palma, Maurizio ^d   Gulino, Giuseppe ^a   Nasi, Pier Giorgio ^e   Pelizzo, Maria Rosa ^c   Pezzullo, Luciano ^f  

^a Ospedale di Ivrea   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 1642408767     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-6903-1     Document Type: Article

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