Surgical approach to retrosternal goitre: Do we still need sternotomy?;Il trattamento chirurgico del gozzo mediastinico: La sternotomia è ancora necessaria?

Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 331-338

  Rugiu, M G ^a   Piemonte, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complications; Retrosternal goiter; Sternotomy; Surgical treatment; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSTERNAL GOITER; STERNUM; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GOITER, SUBSTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 77952492391     PISSN: 0392100X     EISSN: 1827675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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