Ambulatory thyroid surgery: An audit of safety and outcomes

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 720-724

  Chin, C W D ^a   Loh, K S ^b   Tan, K S Luke ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ambulatory surgery; Day surgery; Outpatient surgery; Postoperative haemorrhage; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SAFETY; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND COMPLICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SINGAPORE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 34748896563     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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