Postoperative drainage in head and neck surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 651-654

  Amir, Ida ^a   Morar, Pradeep ^a   Belloso, Antonio ^a  

^a ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drainage; Head and neck neoplasm; Patient discharge; Postoperative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; THYROIDECTOMY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449312854     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12699663904754     Document Type: Article

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