Transoral endoscopic neck surgery: Feasibility and safety in a porcine model based on the example of thymectomy

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1741-1746

  Wilhelm, Thomas ^a  

^a HELIOS Kliniken Leipziger Land   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal study; Endoscopic; Minimally invasive; Natural orifice surgery; Neck surgery; Transoral

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DISSECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SWINE; THYMECTOMY; TROCAR;

EID: 80051681669     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-010-1305-6     Document Type: Article

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