The routine use of post-operative drains in thyroid surgery: An outdated concept

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Prichard, R S ^a   Murphy, R ^a   Lowry, A ^a   McLaughlin, R ^a   Malone, C ^a   Kerin, M J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRAIN; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOCALCEMIA; LOBECTOMY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; REOPERATION; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 77749240343     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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