Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy in pediatric patients

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1259-1261

  Spinelli, Claudio ^a   Donatini, Gianluca ^a   Berti, Piero ^a   Materazzi, Gabriele ^a   Costanzo, Sara ^a,b   Miccoli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Malignant thyroid disease; Minimally invasive thyroid surgery; Pediatric patients; RET gene mutation; Video assisted thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MICROFOLLICULAR NODULE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NECK DISSECTION; ONCOGENE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RET ONCOGENE; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 47049093946     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.02.073     Document Type: Article

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