Robot-assisted endoscopic thyroidectomy: Has the time come to abandon neck incisions?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 253, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1067-1068

  Duh, Quan Yang ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AXILLA; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; NECK; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 79957445700     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31821c4e48     Document Type: Editorial

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