A comparison of two methods of hemostasis in thyroidectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1073-1076

  McNally, Michael M ^a   Agle, Steven C ^a   Williams, R Fredrick ^a   Pofahl, Walter E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC VESSEL SEALING; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SAFETY; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASOMIC DISSECTION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 70450257865     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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