Electrocautery for cutaneous flap creation during thyroidectomy: A randomised, controlled study

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1343-1348

  Barbaros, U ^a   Erbil, Y ^a,b   Aksakal, N ^a   Citlak G ^a   Issever H ^a   Bozbora, A ^a   Ozarmagan S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complications; Electrosurgery; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN FLAP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049100891     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215108001734     Document Type: Article

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