Comparison between Magnification Techniques and Direct Vision in Thyroid Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Comparison between Magnification Techniques and Direct Vision in Thyroid Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

<i>Background and Objectives: </i>The most common complications after conventional thyroid surgery in adult patients are recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury and hypocalcemia. Magnification techniques (surgical loupes or surgical microscope) are used for identification of RLN and parat...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Sapalidis, Anastasios Papanastasiou, Varvara Fyntanidou, Zoi Aidoni, Nikolaos Michalopoulos, Athanasios Katsaounis, Aikaterini Amaniti, Paul Zarogoulidis, Charilaos Koulouris, Dimitrios Giannakidis, Aris Ioannidis, Iason-Nikolaos Katsios, Konstantinos Romanidis, Panagoula Oikonomou, Isaak Kesisoglou, Christoforos Kosmidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Medicina
Subjects:
thyroid surgery
hypocalcemia
laryngeal nerve
meta-analysis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1010-660X/55/11/725

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