Complications in thyroid surgery;Complicanze in chirurgia tiroidea

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 395-408

  Lombardi, C P ^a   Raffaelli, M ^a,b   De Crea, C ^a   Traini, E ^a   Oragano, L ^a   Sollazzi, L ^a   Bellantone, R ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Surgery Postoperative complications Surgery; Tyroideal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

DYSPHAGIA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INJURY; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNX DISORDER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LARYNGEAL NERVES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 36649035054     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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