Patterns of post-thyroidectomy hemorrhage

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 72-77

  Lee, Hyoung Shin ^a   Lee, Bong Ju ^b   Kim, Sung Won ^b   Cha, Young Woo ^b   Choi, Young Sik ^c   Park, Yo Han ^c   Lee, Kang Dae ^a,c  

^a Nam hae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Departments of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

^c Kosin University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complication; Hemorrhage; Thyroidecotmy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651233292     PISSN: 19768710     EISSN: 20050720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3342/ceo.2009.2.2.72     Document Type: Article

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