Does thyroid subspecialization alter practice and outcome? A completed 4-year audit loop

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-51

  Agada, F O ^a   King Im, J U ^a   Atkin, S L ^a   England, R J A ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Hypoparathyroidism; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEDICAL AUDIT; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 17244362261     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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