Safety of same day discharge in patients undergoing sutureless thyroidectomy: A comparison of local and general anesthesia

Thyroid

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-61

  Inabnet, William B ^a,b   Shifrin, Alexander ^a   Ahmed, Leaque ^a   Sinha, Prashant ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Clinical Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CAUTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38649123077     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2007.0148     Document Type: Article

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