A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing the efficacy and surgical outcomes of total thyroidectomy between harmonic scalpel versus ligasure

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1918-1926

  Lang, Brian Hung Hin ^a,c   Ng, Sze How ^b   Lau, Lincoln L H ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Wong, Kai Pun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR ENERGY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; ENERGY; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC COAGULATION; ULTRASOUND;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HUMANS; OPERATIVE TIME; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84878262516     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2849-6     Document Type: Article

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