A comparison of surgical outcomes between endoscopic and robotically assisted thyroidectomy: The authors' initial experience

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1617-1623

  Lang, Brian Hung Hin ^a,b   Chow, Man Po ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Endoscopic thyroidectomy; Robotic thyroidectomy; Robotically assisted thyroidectomy; Surgical outcomes; Surgical technique; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THYROIDECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; ROBOTICALLY ASSISTED THYROIDECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL ASSISTANT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954428053     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-1450-y     Document Type: Article

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