Outpatient thyroid surgery and the advances making it possible

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-99

  Hopkins, Brandon ^a   Steward, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematoma; Hypocalcemia; Minimally invasive; Outpatient; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AMBULATORY CARE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 67849110385     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328325a512     Document Type: Review

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