Thyroid surgery in geriatric patients: A literature review

BMC Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Gervasi, Rita ^c   Orlando, Giulio ^c   Lerose, Maria Antonietta ^c   Amato, Bruno ^a   Docimo, Giovanni ^b   Zeppa, Pio ^b   Puzziello, Alessandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; GOITER; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GOITER; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869418874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-12-S1-S16     Document Type: Review

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