Robotic transaxillary thyroidectomy: Report of 2 cases and description of the technique

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Berber, Eren ^a   Heiden, Katherine ^a   Akyildiz, Hizir ^a   Milas, Mira ^a   Mitchell, Jamie ^a   Siperstein, Allan ^a  

^a Bariatric and Metabolic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Lobectomy; Robotic; Surgery; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NODULAR GOITER; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; ROBOTICS; SEROMA; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TISSUE FLAP; TRANSAXILLARY THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 77951279780     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181d7e350     Document Type: Article

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