Are bilateral axillary incisions needed or is just a single unilateral incision sufficient for robotic-assisted total thyroidectomy?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-241

  Kandil, Emad ^a   Khalek, Mohamed Abdel ^a   Thomas, Michael ^a   Bellows, Charles F ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXILLA; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LETTER; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY;

HUMANS; ROBOTICS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 79951868061     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.323     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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2. Ryu HR, Kang SW, Lee SH, et al. Feasibility and safety of a new robotic thyroidectomy through a gasless, transaxillary single-incision approach. J Am Coll Surg. 2010;211(3):e13-e19.
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