Endoscopic thyroidectomy via an axillo-breast approach without gas insufflation for benign thyroid nodules and micropapillary carcinomas: Preliminary results

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 643-654

  Hong, Hyun Jun ^a   Kim, Won Shik ^a   Koh, Yoon Woo ^a   Lee, So Yoon ^a   Shin, Yoo Seob ^a   Koo, Yong Cheol ^a   Park, Yoon A ^a   Choi, Eun Chang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endoscopic thyroidectomy; Hypocalcaemia; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid tumor; Vocal cord palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AERATION; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL APPROACH; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958060504     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2011.52.4.643     Document Type: Article

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