Recovery of sensation in the anterior chest area after bilateral axillo-breast approach endoscopic/robotic thyroidectomy

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 366-371

  Kim, Su Jin ^a   Eun Lee, Kyu ^b   Pyo Myong, Jun ^c   Ra Kwon, Mi ^b   Youn, Yeo Kyu ^b  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Chungcheongbuk do Provincial Government   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bilateral axillo breast approach (BABA); endoscopic thyroid surgery; robotic thyroid surgery; sensory change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST; CONVALESCENCE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE SENSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOTICS; SEMMES WEINSTEIN MONOFILAMENT TEST; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN SENSATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; SENSATION; THORACIC WALL; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054892115     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31822dd24f     Document Type: Article

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