Is suction drainage an effective means of preventing hematoma in thyroid surgery? A meta-analysis

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 415-417

  Corsten, Martin ^a,b   Johnson, Stephanie ^a   Alberabi, Ameen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drains; Hematoma; Suction; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRAIN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SUCTION; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 30944436712     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2005.34609     Document Type: Article

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