Surgery
Volume 146, Issue 6 , Pages 1090-1098 , December 2009

Improvement in the accuracy of reporting key prognostic and anatomic findings during thyroidectomy by using a novel Web-based synoptic operative reporting system

  • Anthony J. Chambers, MS, FRACS
    • ,
  • Janice L. Pasieka, MD, FRCSC, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Janice L. Pasieka, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary and the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 10th Floor North Tower, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29th Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Canada.
    • ,
  • Walley J. Temple, MD, FRCSC

,Accepted 25 September 2009.

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PII: S0039-6060(09)00573-X

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.09.032

Surgery
Volume 146, Issue 6 , Pages 1090-1098 , December 2009

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