Efficacy and safety of ultrasonically activated shears in thyroid surgery

Head and Neck

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1028-1031

  Karvounaris, Dimitrios C ^a   Antonopoulos, Vassilios ^a   Psarras, Kyriakos ^a   Sakadamis, Athanasios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Harmonic scalpel; Thyroid surgery; Thyroidectomy; Ultrasonically activated shears

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSEL; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL RISK; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONICALLY ACTIVATED SHEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33750376471     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20445     Document Type: Review

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