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01-04-2016 | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor regarding “Reducing neck incision length during thyroid surgery does not improve satisfaction in patients” by Kim et al.

Author: Satvinder Singh Bakshi

Published in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology | Issue 4/2016

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Dear Editor, …

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Title: Letter to the Editor regarding “Reducing neck incision length during thyroid surgery does not improve satisfaction in patients” by Kim et al.
Author: Satvinder Singh Bakshi
Publication date: 01-04-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 0937-4477
Electronic ISSN: 1434-4726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-015-3778-3

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