What are thyroidectomy patients really concerned about?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 685-690

  Abdul Sater, Lara ^a   Henry, Melissa ^a,b   Majdan, Agnieszka ^a,b   Mijovic, Tamara ^a   Franklin, Jason H ^c   Brandt, Michael G ^c   Black, Martin J ^a,b   Hier, Michael P ^a,b   Payne, Richard J ^a,b,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Preoperative concerns; Presurgical concerns; Quality of life; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid surgery; Thyroidectomy; Western Surgical Concern Inventory Thyroid (WSCI T)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERIOPERATIVE CONCERN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL PATIENT; THYROIDECTOMY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 80051769972     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811399556     Document Type: Article

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