Postoperative use of drain in thyroid lobectomy - A randomized clinical trial conducted at Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Thyroid Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Memon, Zahid Ali ^a   Ahmed, Gulrayz ^b   Khan, Sarah Rafi ^b   Khalid, Mahvesh ^b   Sultan, Naheed ^c  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Complications; Drain; Lobectomy; Postoperative; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873589959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17566614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-6614-5-9     Document Type: Article

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