Total thyroidectomy: A safe and effective treatment for Graves' disease

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Liu, Jing ^a   Bargren, Anna ^a   Schaefer, Sarah ^a   Chen, Herbert ^a   Sippel, Rebecca S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Graves' disease; radioactive iodine; thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LARYNX INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL RISK; THYROID NODULE; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955581525     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.12.038     Document Type: Article

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