Outpatient thyroid surgery: Should patients be discharged on the day of their procedures

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 182-186

  Trottier, Daniel C ^a   Barron, Philip ^a   Moonje, Vijay ^a   Tadros, Shaheer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649185928     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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