A prospective, randomized study between the small jaw® and the harmonic focus® in open thyroidectomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 943-948

  Hwang, Seung Ook ^a   Jung, Jin Hyang ^a   Park, Ho Yong ^a   Kim, Wan Wook ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Comparison; Energy Based Device; Harmonic Focus; Open thyroidectomy; Small Jaw; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; PARATHYROID HORMONE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CHYLE FISTULA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE COMPARISON; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SHEAR; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PARATHYROID FUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SEROMA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROIDECTOMY; DEVICES; HEMOSTASIS; LIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND SURGERY;

FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84903516962     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599814527730     Document Type: Review

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