Efficacy of fibrin sealant for drainage reduction in total thyroidectomy with bilateral central neck dissection

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 654-660

  Kim, Tae Wook ^a   Choi, Sung Yong ^b   Jang, Min Seok ^b   Lee, Gang Gyu ^b   Nam, Myung Eun ^b   Son, Young Ik ^b   Chung, Man Ki ^b  

^a Sejong General Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

complication; drain; fibrin sealant; surgery; thyroid

Indexed keywords

BERIPLAST P COMBI SET; FIBRIN GLUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL CENTRAL NECK DISSECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROMA; SUCTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRAINAGE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870433139     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812449315     Document Type: Article

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