The imperative of the Sistrunk operation: Review of 160 thyroglossal tract remnant operations

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-342

  Hirshoren, Nir ^a   Neuman, Tzahi ^a   Udassin, Raphael ^a   Elidan, Josef ^a   Weinberger, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCHOOL CHILD; SISTRUNK OPERATION; SKIN FISTULA; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THYROGLOSSAL CYST;

EID: 60549107880     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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