Is the insertion of drains after uncomplicated thyroid surgery always necessary?

Surgery Today

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-218

  Suslu, Nimet ^a,d   Vural, Selahattin ^b   Oncel, Mustafa ^b   Demirca, Burak ^c   Gezen, F Cem ^b   Tuzun, Baris ^b   Erginel, Turgay ^b   Dalkiliç, Gülay ^b  

^a Artvin State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Afyon State Hospital   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complications; Drainage; Hemorrhage; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SEROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33344461900     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-005-3129-x     Document Type: Article

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