Extended resection for thyroid disease has less operative morbidity than limited resection

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1005-1013

  Seiler, Christian A ^a   Vorburger, Stephan A ^a   Bürgi, Ulrich ^a   Candinas, Daniel ^a   Schmid, Stefan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FISHER EXACT TEST; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248185649     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-006-0054-0     Document Type: Article

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