Ultrasonic dissector for total thyroidectomy: Results of prospective randomized study;Tiroidectomia totale con impiego del dissettore ad ultrasuoni: Risultati di uno studio prospettico randomizzato

Giornale di Chirurgia

Volumn 26, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 295-301

  Frazzetta, M ^a   Furgiuele, G ^a   Raimondo, D ^a   Sammartano, A ^a   Mannino, E ^a   de Simone, G ^a   Vetri, G ^a   Bonventre, S ^a   di Gesu G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Goiter; Thyroidectomy; Ultrasonic dissector

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33644875417     PISSN: 03919005     EISSN: 1971145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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