The impact of routine open nonsuction drainage on fluid accumulation after thyroid surgery: A prospective randomised clinical trial

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Neary, Peter M ^a   O'Connor, Owen J ^a   Shafiq, Azher ^a   Quinn, Edel M ^a   Kelly, Justin J ^a   Juliette, Buckley ^a   Cahill, Ronan A ^a   Barry, Josephine ^a   Redmond, Henry P ^a  

^a University College Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864387264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-72     Document Type: Article

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