Quality of life in patients undergoing thyroid surgery

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 209-215

  Shah, Manish D ^a   Witterick, Ian J ^a   Eski, Spiro J ^a   Pinto, Ruxandra ^a   Freeman, Jeremy L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcinoma papillary; Quality of life; Surgical treatment; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33748579015     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2006.0011     Document Type: Article

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