Hemostasis and bleeding control in thyroid surgery using electrothermal system (Ligasure): Our experience in 317 patients

Harefuah

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Ashkenazi, Dror ^a   Mazzawi, Salim ^a   Rakover, Yoseph ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

EEG; Intraoperative bleeding; Ligasure; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LARYNGEAL NERVE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THYROID SURGERY; ADULT; BLEEDING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749344693     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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