A comparison of the ligasure and harmonic scalpel in thyroid surgery: A single institution review

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 214-218

  Zarebczan, Barbara ^a   Mohanty, Devi ^a   Chen, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALPEL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL STAPLING; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651351898     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1334-3     Document Type: Article

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