Total thyroidectomy performed with the starion vessel sealing system versus the conventional technique: A prospective randomized trial

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-247

  Scerrino, Gregorio ^a   Paladino, Nunzia Cinzia ^a   Di Paola, Valentina ^a   Morfino, Giuditta ^a   Matranga, Domenica ^b   Gulotta, Gaspare ^a   Bonventre, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Section of Radiological Sciences   (Italy)

Author keywords

electrosurgery; hemostasis; thyroidectomy; tissue welding system

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956255398     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350610376394     Document Type: Article

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