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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...
Autores principales: | Gervasi, Rita, Orlando, Giulio, Lerose, Maria Antonietta, Amato, Bruno, Docimo, Giovanni, Zeppa, Pio, Puzziello, Alessandro |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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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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