Reply to: Doi:10.1007/s00464-009-0677-y: Re: Natural orifice surgery on thyroid gland-totally transoral video-assisted thyroidectomy (TOVAT)-report of first experimental results of a new surgical method (2009 (23):1119-1120)

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 959-960

  Benhidjeb, T ^a,b   Wilhelm, T ^c   Harlaar, J ^d   Kleinrensink, G J ^d   Schneider, Tom A J ^b,c   Stark, M ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b New European Surgical Academy NESA   (Germany)

^c Neck and Facial Plastic Surgery   (Germany)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADAVER; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SIALOADENITIS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 77952542644     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0685-y     Document Type: Letter

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