The learning curve for endoscopic thyroidectomy: A single surgeon's experience

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1802-1806

  Liu, Sheng ^a   Qiu, Ming ^a   Jiang, Dao Zhen ^a   Zheng, Xiang Min ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Shen, Hong Liang ^a   Shan, Cheng Xiang ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endoscopic thyroidectomy; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID TUMOR; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349771074     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0332-7     Document Type: Article

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