Minimally invasive thyroid surgery for diagnostic excision of solitary thyroid nodules

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 250-254

  Lundgren, Catharina Ihre ^a   Stalberg, Peter ^a   Grodski, Simon ^a   Sidhu, Stan ^a   Sywak, Mark ^a   Delbridge, Leigh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complications; Follicular adenoma; Hemithyroidectomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748940668     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: 02193108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(08)60034-2     Document Type: Article

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