Adopting the operating microscope in thyroid surgery: Safety, efficiency, and ergonomics

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-159

  Davidson, Bruce J ^a   Guardiani, Elizabeth ^a   Wang, Andrea ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Microscope; Posture; Surgery; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; GOITER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LARYNGEAL NERVE PARESIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIPHERAL PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL LOUPE; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74749096209     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21157     Document Type: Article

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