Utilization of thyroidectomy for benign disease in the United States: A 15-year population-based study

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 570-574

  Ho, Thomas W T ^a   Shaheen, Abdel A ^a   Dixon, Elijah ^a   Harvey, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benign thyroid disease; Surgical outcomes; Surgical trends; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PARTIAL THYROIDECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955685840     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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