One-day thyroid surgery: Retrospective analysis of safety and patient satisfaction on a consecutive series of 1,571 cases over a three-year period

European Surgical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 182-188

  Materazzi, G ^a,e   Dionigi, G ^c   Berti, P ^a   Rago, R ^b   Frustaci, G ^a   Docimo, G ^d   Puccini, M ^a   Miccoli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e Dipartimento di Chirurgia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive video assisted thyroidectomy; One day thyroid surgery; Thyroidectomy; Video assistance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE PARALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS; TRACHEA; TRACHEA INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 34247359079     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100904     Document Type: Article

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