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The impact of routine open nonsuction drainage on fluid accumulation after thyroid surgery: a prospective randomised clinical trial

BACKGROUND: Thyroid drains following thyroid surgery are routinely used despite minimal supportive evidence. Our aim in this study is to determine the impact of routine open drainage of the thyroid bed postoperatively on ultrasound-determined fluid accumulation at 24 hours. METHODS: We conducted a p...

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Autores principales: Neary, Peter M, O’Connor, Owen J, Shafiq, Azher, Quinn, Edel M, Kelly, Justin J, Juliette, Buckley, Cahill, Ronan A, Barry, Josephine, Redmond, Henry P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407716/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22540955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-10-72