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Safety and cost-effectiveness of outpatient thyroidectomy

A retrospective observational study

Mohammed AlEssa, Samiah S. Al-Angari, Mohammed Jomah, Aqeel AlOqaili, Muhammad Mujammami, Hadi A. Al-Hakami and Saleh F. Al-Dhahri
Saudi Medical Journal February 2021, 42 (2) 189-195; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.2.25686
Mohammed AlEssa
From the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa, Al-Angari, Jomah, Al-Dhahri), College of Medicine; from the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine (Mujammami), King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa), King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Division of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery (AlOqaili), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Dhahri), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; and from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Hakami), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MBBS, FRCSC
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Samiah S. Al-Angari
From the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa, Al-Angari, Jomah, Al-Dhahri), College of Medicine; from the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine (Mujammami), King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa), King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Division of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery (AlOqaili), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Dhahri), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; and from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Hakami), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MBBS, MPH
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Mohammed Jomah
From the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa, Al-Angari, Jomah, Al-Dhahri), College of Medicine; from the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine (Mujammami), King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa), King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Division of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery (AlOqaili), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Dhahri), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; and from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Hakami), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MBBS, MSc
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Aqeel AlOqaili
From the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa, Al-Angari, Jomah, Al-Dhahri), College of Medicine; from the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine (Mujammami), King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa), King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Division of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery (AlOqaili), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Dhahri), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; and from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Hakami), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Muhammad Mujammami
From the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa, Al-Angari, Jomah, Al-Dhahri), College of Medicine; from the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine (Mujammami), King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa), King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Division of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery (AlOqaili), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Dhahri), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; and from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Hakami), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hadi A. Al-Hakami
From the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa, Al-Angari, Jomah, Al-Dhahri), College of Medicine; from the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine (Mujammami), King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa), King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Division of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery (AlOqaili), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Dhahri), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; and from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Hakami), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saleh F. Al-Dhahri
From the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa, Al-Angari, Jomah, Al-Dhahri), College of Medicine; from the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine (Mujammami), King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa), King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Division of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery (AlOqaili), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Dhahri), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; and from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Hakami), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 42 no. 2 189-195
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.2.25686
PubMed 
33563738

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received November 15, 2020
  • Accepted December 30, 2020
  • Published online February 9, 2021.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License (CC BY-NC), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Mohammed AlEssa, MBBS, FRCSC,
  2. Samiah S. Al-Angari, MBBS, MPH,
  3. Mohammed Jomah, MBBS, MSc,
  4. Aqeel AlOqaili, MBBS, SBORL,
  5. Muhammad Mujammami, MBBS, SF-Endo,
  6. Hadi A. Al-Hakami, MD and
  7. Saleh F. Al-Dhahri, MBBS, FRCSC
  1. From the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa, Al-Angari, Jomah, Al-Dhahri), College of Medicine; from the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine (Mujammami), King Saud University; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (AlEssa), King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs; from the Division of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery (AlOqaili), King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital; from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Dhahri), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh; and from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Hakami), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Samiah S. Al-Angari, Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: samalangari{at}ksu.edu.sa ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8950-0524
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Saudi Medical Journal Feb 2021, 42 (2) 189-195; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.2.25686
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