Endoscopic minimally invasive thyroidectomy (eMIT): A prospective proof-of-concept study in humans

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 543-551

  Wilhelm, Thomas ^a   Metzig, Andreas ^b  

^a HELIOS Klinikum Borna   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOUTH; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPES; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NATURAL ORIFICE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952186668     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0846-0     Document Type: Article

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