Thyroid surgery as a 23-hour stay procedure

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 284-288

  Perera, A H ^a   Patel, S D ^a   Law, Nicholas W ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Day surgery; Hypocalcaemia; Postoperative complications; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; VITAMIN;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CALCIUM; CHOLECALCIFEROL; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84899568291     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588414X13814021679997     Document Type: Article

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