Clipless and sutureless endoscopic thyroidectomy using only the harmonic scalpel

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1117-1125

  Koh, Yoon Woo ^a   Park, Jae Hong ^a   Kim, Jae Wook ^a   Lee, Seung Won ^a   Choi, Eun Chang ^b  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clipless; Endoscopic; Perioperative complications; Sutureless; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HARMONIC SCALPEL; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SCALPEL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 77955660045     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0738-2     Document Type: Article

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