Avoidable reoperations for thyroid and parathyroid surgery: Effect of hospital volume

Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 899-907

  Mitchell, Jamie ^a   Milas, Mira ^a   Barbosa, German ^a   Sutton, Jazmine ^a   Berber, Eren ^a   Siperstein, Allan ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; THYROID CANCER; THYROID SURGERY;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PARATHYROID DISEASES; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 56449086445     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.07.022     Document Type: Article

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