Cervical haematoma after thyroid surgery: Management and prevention

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Shandilya, Munish ^a   Walshe, Peter ^b   Timon, Conrad ^b   Kieran, Stephen ^b  

^a ORL HNS   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; TINZAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID TUMOR; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 37849185735     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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