Randomized controlled trial of harmonic scalpel use during thyroidectomy

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1069-1073

  Miccoli, Paolo ^a,b   Berti, Piero ^a   Dionigi, Gian L ^a   D'Agostino, Jacopo ^a   Orlandini, Cinzia ^a   Donatini, Gianluca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALPEL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33750192616     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.132.10.1069     Document Type: Article

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