ENERgized vessel sealing systems versus CONventional hemostasis techniques in thyroid surgery - The ENERCON systematic review and network meta-analysis

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 398, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1039-1056

  Contin, Pietro ^a   Gooßen, Käthe ^a   Grummich, Kathrin ^a   Jensen, Katrin ^a   Schmitz Winnenthal, Hubertus ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a   Diener, Markus K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar devices; Clamp and tie; Energized vessel sealing; Hemostasis; Thyroid surgery; Ultrasonic devices

Indexed keywords

CLAMP; ELECTROSURGERY; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCALPEL; SEROMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; VESSEL SEALING SYSTEM;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84890566495     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-013-1137-7     Document Type: Review

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