Ultrasonic harmonic scalpel in total thyroidectomies

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-265

  Yildirim, Osman ^a,b   Umit, Turan ^a   Ebru, Menekse ^a   Bulent, Unal ^a   Belma, Kocer ^a   Betul, Bozkurt ^a   Mete, Dolapci ^a   Omer, Cengiz ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bilateral total thyroidectomy; Ultrasonic harmonic scalpel

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NAPROXEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SCALPEL; SEROMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONIC HARMONIC SCALPEL;

EID: 59249097899     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-008-0024-z     Document Type: Article

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