Videoscopic thyroidectomy with fine needle-type apparatuses: An approach that does not leave a scar on the neck or anterior chest

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 339-344

  Asao, Takayuki ^a,b   Kuwano, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Satoru ^a   Uchida, Nobuyuki ^a   Yanagita, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Needle type instruments port stopper; Videoscopic thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEEDLE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; SCAR; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CICATRIX; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEEDLES; THORAX; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 33644874218     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sle.0000191628.81752.18     Document Type: Article

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