The use of a harmonic scalpel in thyroid surgery: report of a 3-year experience

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 693-696

  Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos ^a   Koutras, Athanasios S ^a   Drimousis, Panagiotis G ^a   Stamou, Konstantinos M ^a   Theodorou, Dimitrios ^a   Katsaragakis, Stylianos ^a   Bramis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Harmonic scalpel; Thyroid surgery; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HARMONIC SCALPEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALPEL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID SURGERY; TOXIC GOITER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248340359     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.06.049     Document Type: Article

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