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Mayilvaganan and Vnssvams: Letter to the Editor: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Comparative Study of Three Energy Devices in Open Thyroid Surgery: Thunderbeat, Harmonic, and Ligasure
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J Endocr Surg. 2020;20(1):1-1.

Published online: 5 March 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16956/jes.2020.20.1.1

Letter to the Editor: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Comparative Study of Three Energy Devices in Open Thyroid Surgery: Thunderbeat, Harmonic, and Ligasure

Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan, Mahalakshmi D Vnssvams

Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

Correspondence to Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan Department of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raibareli Road, Lucknow 226014, India. E-mail: drretnam@gmail.com

Conflict of Interest No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

Author Contributions Writing - original draft: Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan; Writing - review & editing: VNSSVAMS Mahalakshmi D.

Received 18 November 20193 January 2020       Accepted 4 March 2020

Copyright © 2020 Korean Association of Thyroid and Endocrine Surgeons

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