Blunt trauma to the thyroid: A case report

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 518-521

  Weeks, Christine ^a   Moore Jr , Francis D ^a   Ferzoco, Stephen J ^a   Gates, Jonathan ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; THYROID GLAND; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; REMISSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID DISEASE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 23244437061     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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