Diagnosis and management of substernal goiter at the University of Crete

Surgery Today

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-103

  Bizakis, John ^a,b   Karatzanis, Alexandros ^a   Hajiioannou, Jiannis ^a   Bourolias, Constantinos ^a   Maganas, Eleutherios ^a   Spanakis, Elias ^a   Bizaki, Argyro ^a   Velegrakis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Goiter; Mediastinum; Substernal; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; GOITER, SUBSTERNAL; GREECE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 38849149634     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-006-3572-3     Document Type: Review

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