Thyroid surgery: Use of the LigaSure Vessel Sealing System versus conventional knot tying

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-327

  Youssef, Tamer ^a   Mahdy, Tarek ^a   Farid, Mokhtar ^a   Latif, Atif Abdel ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Conventional knot tying; LigaSure; Thyroid; Vessel sealing system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48349110915     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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