Cosmetic thyroid surgery: Defining the essential principles

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1168-1172

  Terris, David J ^a   Seybt, Melanie W ^a   Elchoufi, Mayssoun ^c   Chin, Edward ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aesthetic surgery; Cosmetic surgery; Endocrine surgery; Endoscopic; Minimally invasive; Plastic surgery; Thyroid surgery; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID SURGERY;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 34347361768     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318053db8f     Document Type: Article

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