The surgical treatment of bilateral benign nodular goiter: balancing invasiveness with complications.

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Published in Dtsch Arztebl Int on March 07, 2014

Authors

Nada Rayes1, Daniel Seehofer, Peter Neuhaus

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum.

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