Perioperative practices in thyroid surgery: An international survey
| Autor: | Tareck Ayad, Marie-Jo Olivier, Eric Bissada, Apostolos Christopoulos, Anastasios Maniakas, Jacques Malaise, Louis Guertin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Cord business.industry Thyroid Specialty International survey Perioperative Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Epidemiology medicine Endocrine system 030223 otorhinolaryngology business |
| Zdroj: | Head & Neck. 39:1296-1305 |
| ISSN: | 1043-3074 |
| Popis: | Background Perioperative practices in thyroid surgery vary from one specialty, institution, or country to the next. We evaluated the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative practices of thyroid surgeons focusing on preoperative ultrasound, vocal cord evaluation, wound drains, and hospitalization duration, among others. Methods A survey was sent to 7 different otolaryngology and endocrine/general surgery associations. Results There were 965 respondents from 52 countries. Surgeon-performed ultrasound is practiced by more than one third of respondents. Otolaryngologists perform preoperative and postoperative vocal cord evaluation more often than endocrine/general surgeons (p < .001). Sixty percent of respondents either never place drains or place drains |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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