Unintentional parathyroidectomy during total thyroidectomy

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 497-502

  Manouras, Andreas ^a   Markogiannakis, Haridimos ^a   Lagoudianakis, Emmanuel ^a   Antonakis, Pantelis ^a   Genetzakis, Michael ^a   Papadima, Artemis ^b   Konstantoulaki, Eleftheria ^a   Papanikolaou, Dimitrios ^a   Kekis, Panagiotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hypocalcemia; Operative technique; Surgeon's experience; Total thyroidectomy; Unintentional parathyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 42549145349     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20728     Document Type: Article

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