Surgical audit of inadvertent parathyroidectomy during total thyroidectomy: Incidence, risk factors, and outcome

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Rajinikanth, J ^a   Paul, M J ^a   Abraham, Deepak T ^a   Selvan, C K Ben ^a   Nair, Aravindan ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARCINOMATOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NECK DISSECTION; NODULAR GOITER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL RISK; THYROIDITIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849091562     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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