The importance of surgeon experience for clinical and economic outcomes from thyroidectomy.

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Published in Ann Surg on September 01, 1998

Authors

J A Sosa1, H M Bowman, J M Tielsch, N R Powe, T A Gordon, R Udelsman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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