Thyroid Surgery: To Drain or Not to Drain, That Is the Problem - A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 202-211

  Schietroma, Mario ^a   Pessia, Beatrice ^a   Bianchi, Zuleyka ^a   De Vita, Fabiola ^a   Carlei, Francesco ^a   Guadagni, Stefano ^a   Amicucci, Gianfranco ^a   Clementi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complications; Drainage; Hematoma; Seroma; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; GRAVES DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TOXIC GOITER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND INFECTION; HYPOCALCEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INFECTION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 85025455670     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: 14230275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000464137     Document Type: Article

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