Incidental parathyroidectomy during thyroid surgery: An underappreciated complication of thyroidectomy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1539-1543

  Sakorafas, George H ^a,b   Stafyla, Vania ^a   Bramis, Constantinos ^a   Kotsifopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Kolettis, Theophilos ^a   Kassaras, George ^a  

^a 251 GENERAL AIR FORCE HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL RECORD; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL RISK; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 28844468070     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0032-y     Document Type: Review

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