Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy versus conventional thyroidectomy: A cost-effective analysis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 789-794

  Byrd, J Kenneth ^a   Nguyen, Shaun A ^a   Ketcham, Amy ^b   Hornig, Joshua ^a   Gillespie, M Boyd ^a   Lentsch, Eric ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMITHYROIDECTOMY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 78649507347     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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