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Use of a silicone penrose drain to protect incised skin edges during thyroid surgery
Yong Sang Lee1, Bup Woo Kim, Hang-Seok Chang
1Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
Surgical Innovation
|February 21, 2012
Abstract:
Acceptable wound cosmesis is an important issue in thyroidectomy. We introduce a simple, economical and effective method of preventing traction and thermal damage to the incised skin edges during thyroidectomy.
