Incidence and circumstances of cervical hematoma complicating thyroidectomy and its relationship to postoperative vomiting

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1173-1177

  Bononi, Marco ^a   Bonapasta, Stefano Amore ^a   Vari, Alessandra ^a   Scarpini, Massimo ^a   De Cesare, Alessandro ^a   Miccini, Michelangelo ^a   Meucci, Massimo ^a   Tocchi, Adriano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

ambulatory surgery; cervical hematoma; risk factor; thyroidectomy; vomiting

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ONDANSETRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL HEMATOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; ONDANSETRON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78349235031     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21313     Document Type: Article

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