Routine drainage after thyroid surgery - A meta-analysis

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-280

  Sanabria, Alvaro ^a,b   Carvalho, André L ^b   Silver, Carl E ^c   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^d   Shaha, Ashok R ^e   Kowalski, Luiz P ^b   Ferlito, Alfio ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA   (Colombia)

^b A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complications; Drainage; Hematoma; Meta analysis; Seroma; Thyroid; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; THYROID DISEASE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

DRAINAGE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEROMA; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 35448967011     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20821     Document Type: Review

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