Wound morbidity in mini-invasive thyroidectomy
- 5 June 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Surgical Endoscopy
- Vol. 25 (1) , 62-67
Abstract
The incidence of wound morbidity (WM) after conventional thyroidectomy (CT) is 2 to 7%. This study evaluated the rate of WM after video-assisted thyroidectomy (VAT), with emphasis on surgical-site infections (SSIs).Keywords
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