An audit of thyroid surgery in a general surgical unit

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 78, Issue 3 Part I, 1996, Pages 192-196

  Fon, L J ^a   Deans, G T ^a,b   Lioe, T F ^a   Lawson, J T ^a   Briggs, K ^a   Spence, R A J ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fine needle cytology; Thyroid gland diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 9344244700     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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