Nerve sparing sutureless total thyroidectomy: Preliminary study

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-96

  Parmeggiani, Domenico ^a   De Falco, Massimo ^a   Avenia, Nicola ^b   Sanguinetti, Alessandro ^b   Fiore, Andrea ^a   Docimo, Giovanni ^a   Ambrosino, Pasquale ^a   Madonna, Imma ^a   Peltrini, Roberto ^a   Parmeggiani, Umberto ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar vessel sealing system; Intraoperative nerve monitoring; Total thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROIDECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860642655     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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