Thyroid surgery at Children's Hospital Boston: A 35-year single-institution experience

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 437-442

  Scholz, Stefan ^a   Smith, Jessica R ^a   Chaignaud, Beverly ^a   Shamberger, Robert C ^a   Huang, Stephen A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperthyroidism; Hypoparathyroidism; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodule; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; BOSTON; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GOITER; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 2A; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 79952265777     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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