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Quality monitoring in thyroid surgery using the Shewhart control chart

Antoine Duclos, Sandrine Touzet, Pietro Soardo, Cyrille Colin, J.-L. Peix, J.C. Lifante

British journal of surgery · 2009 · 37 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Outcome monitoring in thyroid surgery using control charts is useful for identifying potential issues in patient safety.

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