Can a surgeon predict the risk of postoperative hypoparathyroidism during thyroid surgery? A prospective study on self-assessment by experts

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-20

  Promberger, Regina ^a,b   Ott, Johannes ^a,b   Bures, Claudia ^a   Kober, Friedrich ^a   Freissmuth, Michael ^b   Seemann, Rudolf ^a,b   Hermann, Michael ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hypocalcemia; Hypoparathyrodism; Individual surgeon; Quality control; Risk assessment; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERMANENT HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HYPOCALCEMIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SURGEON; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYRODISM; INDIVIDUAL SURGEON; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; THYROIDECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903216022     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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