Minimally invasive video-assisted thyreoidectomy (MIVAT) with and without use of harmonic scalpel - A randomized study

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 393, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 647-654

  Barczyński, Marcin ^a   Konturek, Aleksander ^a   Cichoń, Stanisław ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Harmonic scalpel; Minimally invasive video assisted thyroidectomy; Ultrasonic shears

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HARMONIC SCALPEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE VIDEO ASSISTED THYROIDECTOMY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALPEL; SCAR; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID NODULE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 51449093064     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-008-0373-8     Document Type: Article

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