Prospective randomized trial of ligasure versus harmonic hemostasis technique in thyroidectomy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1023-1027

  Rahbari, Reza ^a   Mathur, Aarti ^a   Kitano, Mio ^a   Guerrero, Marlon ^b   Shen, Wen T ^c   Duh, Quan Yang ^c   Clark, Orlo H ^c   Kebebew, Electron ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR ENERGY SEALING SYSTEM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONIC COAGULATION;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955807706     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-010-1251-5     Document Type: Article

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