Safety and feasibility of thyroid lobectomy via a lateral 2.5-cm incision with a cohort comparison of the first 50 cases: Evolution of a surgical approach

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 390, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 230-235

  Palazzo, F Fausto ^a   Sywak, Mark S ^a   Sidhu, Stan B ^a   Delbridge, Leigh W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lateral approach; Minimal access; Thyroid nodule; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCISION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244461883     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-005-0549-4     Document Type: Article

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