Robotic thyroid surgery using a gasless, transaxillary approach and the da Vinci S system: The operative outcomes of 338 consecutive patients

Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1048-1055

  Kang, Sang Wook ^a   Lee, Seung Chul ^a   Lee, So Hee ^a   Lee, Kang Young ^a   Jeong, Jong Ju ^a   Lee, Yong Sang ^a   Nam, Kee Hyun ^a   Chang, Hang Seok ^a   Chung, Woong Youn ^a   Park, Cheong Soo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOARSENESS; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LEARNING; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OPERATION DURATION; PARALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; ROBOTICS; SEROMA; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70649088846     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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