The use of "harmonic scalpel" versus "knot tying" for conventional "open" thyroidectomy: Results of a prospective randomized study

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 393, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 627-631

  Lombardi, Celestino Pio ^a   Raffaelli, Marco ^a   Cicchetti, Americo ^b   Marchetti, Marco ^b   De Crea, Carmela ^a   Di Bidino, Rossella ^b   Oragano, Luigi ^a   Bellantone, Rocco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Harmonic scalpel; Thyroid; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HARMONIC SCALPEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALPEL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 51449083148     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-008-0380-9     Document Type: Article

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