The current pattern of surgically treated thyroid diseases in the Medinah region of Saudi Arabia

JK Practitioner

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-14

  Bouq, Yousef A L ^a   Fazili, Faiz Maqbool ^b,c   Gaffar, Hossam A ^a  

^a Kingdom of Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Endocrine and Laparosocopy Surgery   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Abbreviations; CT =computerized axial tomography; FNAC= fine needle aspiration cytology KSA=Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Goiter; Medina; MRI=magnetic resonance imaging; Saudi Arabia; Thyroid; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; NERVE INJURY; NODULAR GOITER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; TOXIC GOITER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE CHANGE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34249013423     PISSN: 09718834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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