German Association of Endocrine Surgeons practice guidelines for the surgical treatment of benign thyroid disease

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 396, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 639-649

  Musholt, Thomas J ^a   Clerici, Thomas ^b   Dralle, Henning ^c   Frilling, Andreja ^d   Goretzki, Peter E ^e   Hermann, Michael M ^f   Kußmann, Jochen ^g   Lorenz, Kerstin ^c   Nies, Christoph ^h   Schabram, Jochen ⁱ   Schabram, Peter ^j   Scheuba, Christian ^f   Simon, Dietmar ^k   Steinmüller, Thomas ^l   Trupka, Arnold W ^m   Wahl, Robert A ⁿ   Zielke, Andreas ^o   Bockisch, Andreas ^p   Karges, Wolfram ^q   Luster, Markus ^r   Schmid, Kurt W ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Lukaskrankenhaus GmbH   (Germany)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g Schon Klinik Hamburg Eilbek   (Germany)

^h MarienHospital Osnabruck   (Germany)

ⁱ Chirurgische Abteilung   (Germany)

^j Medical University ^*  (Germany)

^k Bethesda Hospital   (Germany)

^l DRK KLINIKEN BERLIN WESTEND   (Germany)

^m Kreiskrankenhaus Starnberg GmbH   (Germany)

ⁿ Burgerhospital Frankfurt am Main   (Germany)

^o Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Benign goiter; Diagnostic procedures; Postoperative care; Surgery; Surgical techniques; Thyroid disorders

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; IODINE; LEVOTHYROXINE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IODINE INDUCED THYROTOXICOSIS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MEDICAL HISTORY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NODULAR GOITER; PARATHYROID FUNCTION; PARATHYROID GLAND; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TOXIC GOITER; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 80052606548     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-011-0774-y     Document Type: Article

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