Thyroidectomy-related malpractice claims

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 358-361

  Singer, Michael C ^a   Iverson, Kenneth C ^a   Terris, David J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Laryngeal nerve; Malpractice; Thyroid; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURIES; MALE; MALPRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858851651     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811430898     Document Type: Article

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