Thyroid surgery: Changing patterns of practice

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 911-915

  Terris, David J ^a   Seybt, Melanie W ^a   Siupsinskiene, Nora ^b   Gourin, Christine G ^a   Chin, Edward ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Endocrine neck surgery; Practice patterns; Resident case logs; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESIDENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745255374     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000214855.34706.34     Document Type: Article

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