Objective and subjective scar aesthetics in minimal access vs conventional access parathyroidectomy and thyroidectomy surgical procedures: A paired cohort study

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-93

  O'Connell, Daniel A ^a   Diamond, Christopher ^a   Seikaly, Hadi ^a   Harris, Jeffrey R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; ESTHETICS; FOLLOW UP; INCISION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CICATRIX; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38549145563     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.134.1.85     Document Type: Article

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