Pemberton’s Sign in Patient with Substernal Goiter
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Substernal goiter and laryngopharyngeal reflux.
OBJECTIVE This study aims to compare the prevalence of laryngopharyngeal reflux signs between two groups of patients undergoing thyroidectomy for voluminous goiter: substernal goiters and voluminous cervical goiter without thoracic extension. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A retrospective case-control study was performed with data retrieved of the charts of the patients submitted to thyroidectomies occ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0021-972X,1945-7197
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0944