Ultracision harmonic scalpel versus clamp-and-tie total thyroidectomy: A clinical trial

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 723-727

  Papavramidis, Theodossis S ^a   Sapalidis, Konstantinos ^a   Michalopoulos, Nick ^a   Triantafillopoulou, Konstantina ^a   Gkoutzamanis, George ^a   Kesisoglou, Isaak ^a   Papavramidis, Spiros T ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Harmonic scalpel; Nodeless thyroidectomy; Thyroid surgery; Total thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLAMP AND TIE TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOMA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SCALPEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRACISION HARMONIC SCALPEL THYROIDECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 77952776106     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21240     Document Type: Article

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