Influence of new technologies on thyroid surgery: State of the art

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 547-557

  Dionigi, Gianlorenzo ^a   Bacuzzi, Alessandro ^a   Boni, Luigi ^a   Rovera, Francesca ^a   Piantanida, Eliana ^a   Tanda, Maria Laura ^a   Diurni, Mario ^a   Carcano, Giulio ^a   Luigi, Bartalena ^a   Cuffari, Salvatore ^a   Dionigi, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical epidural anesthesia; Electrothermal bipolar vessel sealing system; Genetic screening; Harmonic scalpel; Hemostatic absorbable gauze; Laryngeal mask airway; Ligasure; Mini invasive video assisted thyroidectomy; MIVAT; Neuromonitoring; Regional anesthesia; RET; Spongostan; Target controlled infusion; Thyroidecromy; Total intravenous anesthesia; Ultrasonic coagulating dissection systems

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE; PROPOFOL; PROTEIN RET;

ABSCESS; ACCURACY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARCINOGENESIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG HALF LIFE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTHETICS; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOSTASIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NAUSEA; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PARATHYROID GLAND; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SAFETY; STENOSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOMITING;

EID: 26844499517     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.2.5.547     Document Type: Review

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