Management of retrosternal goitres: Results of early surgical intervention to prevent airway morbidity, and a review of the english literature

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 644-649

  Hashmi, S M ^a   Premachandra, D J ^a   Bennett, A M D ^a   Parry, W ^b  

^a JAMES PAGET UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway Obstruction; Goitre, Substernal; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSTERNAL GOITER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GOITER, SUBSTERNAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748031745     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106000995     Document Type: Article

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