A novel method for the management of post-thyroidectomy or parathyroidectomy hematoma: A single-institution experience after over 4,000 central neck operations

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1262-1267

  Dixon, Jennifer L ^a   Snyder, Samuel K ^a   Lairmore, Terry C ^a   Jupiter, Daniel ^a   Govednik, Cara ^a   Hendricks, John C ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902210354     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2425-7     Document Type: Article

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