Loupe magnification reduces postoperative hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1345-1350

  Pata, Giacomo ^a   Casella, Claudio ^a   Mittempergher, Francesco ^a   Cirillo, Laura ^a   Salerni, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LOUPE MAGNIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 78651359440     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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