Endoscopic thyroidectomy with the da vinci robot system using the bilateral axillary breast approach (BABA) technique: Our initial experience

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lee, Kyu Eun ^a   Rao, Jaideepraj ^c   Youn, Yeo Kyu ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bilateral axillary breast approach; Da Vinci Robot system; Endoscopic thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; BILATERAL AXILLARY BREAST APPROACH; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PARATHYROID GLAND; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; THORACIC WALL; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549085280     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181a4ccae     Document Type: Article

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