The meaning clinical pathway of the operation for thyroid tumor and parotid tumor

Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 555-561

  Ogawa, Tetsuya ^a   Terada, Akihiro ^a   Yamada, Yuko ^a   Ijichi, Kei ^a   Hasegawa, Yasuhisa ^a   Fujimoto, Yasushi ^b  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical pathway; Operation; Parotid tumor; Thyroid tumor

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRAIN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PAROTIDECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042706862     PISSN: 00326313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5631/jibirin.97.555     Document Type: Review

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