Gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy via an anterior chest wall approach using a flap-lifting system

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 480-487

  Cho, Young Up ^a   Park, Il Jae ^a   Choi, Kyong Ho ^a   Kim, Sei Joong ^a   Choi, Sun Keun ^a   Hur, Yoon Seok ^a   Lee, Keon Young ^a   Ahn, Seung Ik ^a   Hong, Kee Chun ^a   Shin, Seok Hwan ^a   Kim, Kyung Rae ^a   Woo, Ze Hong ^a  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endoscopes; Thyroid neoplasms; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCISION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX WALL; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447578650     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.3.480     Document Type: Article

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