Randomized clinical trial of LigaSure versus conventional suture ligation in thyroid surgery

Head and Neck Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Schiphorst, Anandi Hw ^a   Twigt, Bas A ^a   Elias, Sjoerd G ^b   Van Dalen, Thijs ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood; Complications; LigaSure; Operation time; Operative Surgical Procedures; Suture ligation; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGATION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SUTURE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SUTURING METHOD; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855902007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17583284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-3284-4-2     Document Type: Article

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