The use of fibrin sealant after total thyroidectomy for benign disease obviates the need for routine drainage. results of a randomized controlled trial

Hippokratia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-251

  Sozen S ^a   Topuz, O ^a   Tukenmez M ^a   Keceli M ^a  

^a Kayseri Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complications; Drainage; Fibrin sealant; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SEROMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TETANY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 79959833232     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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