Hemostasis in thyroid surgery: Harmonic scalpel versus other techniques-a meta-analysis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-25

  Ecker, Thomas ^a   Carvalho, Andre Lopes ^b   Choe, Jun Ho ^c   Walosek, Gudrun ^a   Preuss, Klaus Juergen ^a  

^a EPC HealthCare GmbH   (Germany)

^b BARRETOS CANCER HOSPITAL   (Brazil)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; CLIP LIGATION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROTHERMAL BIPOLAR VESSEL SEALING SYSTEM; HARMONIC SCALPEL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIGATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SUTURE LIGATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID SURGERY;

CAUTERY; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VIBRATION;

EID: 77953669223     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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