Prospective trial of the ultrasonic dissector in thyroid surgery

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 904-908

  Leonard, David S ^a   Timon, Conrad ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Otolaryngology; Thyroid; Thyroidectomy; Ultrasonic dissector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC DISSECTOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOITER, NODULAR; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 47549110620     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20805     Document Type: Article

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