Surgical drains can be safely avoided in lateral neck dissections for papillary thyroid cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-490

  Mekel, Michal ^a   Stephen, Antonia E ^a   Gaz, Randall D ^a   Randolph, Gregory W ^a,b   Richer, Sara ^b   Perry, Zvi H ^c   Lubitz, Carrie C ^a   Nehs, Matthew A ^a   Parangi, Sareh ^a   Hodin, Richard A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drain; Neck dissection; Papillary; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERAL NECK DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THYROID CANCER; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROMA; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949905641     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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