Effect of hospital volume of thyroidectomies on outcomes following substernal thyroidectomy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 740-746

  Pieracci, Fredric M ^a   Fahey III, Thomas J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; DATA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SUBSTERNAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449158018     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9347-1     Document Type: Article

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