Thyroid surgery in geriatric patients: a literature review

BACKGROUND: Thyroid disease is common in the elderly population. The incidence of hypothyroidism and multinodular goitre gradually increases with age. In view of a growth of aging population, we performed a literature review about the feasibility of thyroid surgery in the elderly. METHODS: We conduc...

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Autores principales: Gervasi, Rita, Orlando, Giulio, Lerose, Maria Antonietta, Amato, Bruno, Docimo, Giovanni, Zeppa, Pio, Puzziello, Alessandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23173919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-12-S1-S16

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23173919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-12-S1-S16

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