Supervised surgical trainees perform thyroid surgery for Graves' disease safely

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 391, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 597-602

  Hassan, Iyad ^a   Koller, Michael ^b   Kluge, Conrad ^a   Hoffmann, Sebastian ^a   Zielke, Andreas ^c   Rothmund, Matthias ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Offenbach   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Graves' disease; Immunogenic hyperthyroidism; Operative morbidity; Surgical experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE PARALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THYROID SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAVES DISEASE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750482970     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-006-0077-x     Document Type: Article

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