Journal Reviews

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Inpatient or outpatient thyroidectomy?

2 September 2022 | | Head and Neck | Hemithyroidectomy, Outpatient, Bayesian meta-analysis, Systematic review, Hematoma, Thyroidectomy

This systematic review and meta-analysis discusses the safety of hemithyroidectomy in an outpatient vis-à-vis an inpatient setting. Thyroidectomy has traditionally been performed as an inpatient procedure. Currently, an increasing number of surgeons are performing thyroidectomy in outpatient settings. The main...

Factors affecting compliance of follow-up of patients with chronic otitis media

1 September 2016 | | Health Facility Administration, Hospital, Otitis Media, Outpatient Clinics

Patients with retraction pockets and small cholesteatomas need good surveillance as well as those surgically treated for cholesteatomas. This is particularly important in closed techniques where a second look or diffusion weighted MRI can pick up any recurrence or residual...