Electrothermal bipolar vessel sealing system is a safe and time-saving alternative to classic suture ligation in total thyroidectomy

Head and Neck

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 959-962

  Manouras, Andreas ^a   Lagoudianakis, Emmanuel E ^a   Antonakis, Pantelis T ^a   Filippakis, George M ^a   Markogiannakis, Haridimos ^a   Kekis, Panagiotis B ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hemostasis; LigaSure; Ligation; Total thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; THYROIDECTOMY;

ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644498499     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20271     Document Type: Article

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