LigaSure versus conventional hemostasis in thyroid surgery: Prospective randomized controlled trial

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 378-384

  Singh, Prabhjyot ^a   O'Connell, Daniel ^a   Langille, Moran ^a   Dziegielewski, Peter ^a   Allegretto, Michael ^a   Harris, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

LigaSure; Operative time; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; DISABILITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD; VOICE; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THYROID DISEASES;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 77955463022     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2010.090088     Document Type: Article

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