Thyroidectomy outcomes: A national perspective

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1027-1034

  Vashishta, Rishi ^a   Mahalingam Dhingra, Aditya ^b   Lander, Lina ^c   Shin, Edward J ^d   Shah, Rahul K ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Cost; Demographics; Nationwide inpatient sample; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEE; HOSPITAL; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; THYROID DISEASE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872683667     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812454401     Document Type: Review

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