Determinants of operative time in thyroid surgery: A prospective multicenter study of 3454 thyroidectomies.

To identify the determinants of operative time for thyroidectomy and quantify the relative influence of preoperative and intra-operative factors.Anticipation of operative time is key to avoid both waste of hospital resources and dissatisfaction of the surgical staff. Having an accurate and anticipat...

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Main Authors: Arnaud Patoir, Cécile Payet, Jean-Louis Peix, Cyrille Colin, Léa Pascal, Jean-Louis Kraimps, Fabrice Menegaux, François Pattou, Frédéric Sebag, Sandrine Touzet, Stéphanie Bourdy, Jean-Christophe Lifante, Antoine Duclos, CATHY Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5531561?pdf=render