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Protocol for comparing vessel-sealing devices versus conventional ligation in thyroidectomy leaves open optimal hemostasis approach; synthesis needed before practice change.
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To assess the effects of the Ligasure vessel‐sealing system or the harmonic scalpel versus conventional vessel ligation for achieving hemostasis in thyroidectomies.
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