The harmonic scalpel technique without supplementary ligation in total thyroidectomy with central neck dissection: A prospective randomized study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 945-949

  Koh, Yoon Woo ^a   Park, Jae Hong ^a   Lee, Seung Won ^a   Choi, Eun Chang ^b  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LIGATION; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE PARALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCALPEL; SEROMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THERAPY EFFECT; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME; TRACHEA INJURY;

CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44449103797     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31816bcd61     Document Type: Article

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