LigaSure Precise® use in thyroid operations: A comparison with the conventional method

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-56

  Kilic, I ^a   Sunamak, Oguzhan ^a,c   Aydogan, F ^a   Sen, B ^a   Altintas, B ^b   Duren, M ^a   Ozcan, M ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Inebolu Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

LigaSure thyroid surgery; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CAUTERIZATION; DEVICE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEAT TREATMENT; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LIGATION; NERVE INJURY; NODULAR GOITER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 34248340953     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-006-0300-6     Document Type: Article

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