Outpatient Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy Is Safe for Elderly Patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1071-1076

  Shin, Susanna H ^a   Holmes, Holly ^b   Bao, Ruijun ^b   Jimenez, Camilo ^b   Kee, Spencer S ^b   Potylchansky, Elena ^b   Lee, Jeffrey E ^b   Evans, Douglas B ^b   Perrier, Nancy D ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATININE; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349281993     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.048     Document Type: Article

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