Minimal access thyroid surgery: Is it feasible, is it appropriate?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 777-780

  Sackett, Wendy R ^a   Barraclough, Bruce H ^a   Sidhu, Stan ^a   Reeve, Tom S ^a   Delbridge, Leigh W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endoscopic thyroidectomy; Follicular neoplasm; Minimal access surgery; Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy; Thyroid; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0036435059     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02558.x     Document Type: Article

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