Minimal incision for open thyroidectomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-298

  Rafferty, Mark ^a   Miller, Ian ^b   Timon, Conrad ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; THYROID GLAND; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33746490632     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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