title: [Plunging goitre in Tlemcen in western Algeria: clinical and therapeutic aspects of 1996-2014].
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Générale A, CHU Tlemcen, Algérie.
authors.forename: Smain Nabil
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Mesli
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Générale A, CHU Tlemcen, Algérie.
authors.forename: Derbali
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Regagba
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Hépatobiliaire et Greffe du Foie, EHU-1er Novembre 1954, Oran, Algérie.
authors.forename: Anisse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tidjane
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Générale A, CHU Tlemcen, Algérie.
authors.forename: Fouad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bouallou
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Générale A, CHU Tlemcen, Algérie.
authors.forename: Chakib
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abi-Ayad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000462:Algeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Plunging goitre; cervical region; western Algeria