Robotic thyroidectomy: Operative technique using a transaxillary endoscopic approach without CO2 insufflation

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 381-388

  Holsinger, F Christopher ^a   Terris, David J ^b   Kuppersmith, Ronald B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Texas Institute for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic; Robot; Robotic; Thyroid; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ELECTRODE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; INCISION; LOBECTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; SUCTION DRAINAGE; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSAXILLARY ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; WORKPLACE;

AXILLA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ENDOSCOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MENTORS; OPERATING ROOMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 77953237138     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2010.01.007     Document Type: Review

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