Substernal goiter and laryngopharyngeal reflux
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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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1Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth PO63LY, UK 2Department of Otolaryngology, Aristotle university of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 3Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 4Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Schwarzwald-Baar Hospital, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany 5Depart...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2359-3997
DOI: 10.1590/2359-3997000000266