Transaxillary gasless robotic thyroidectomy: A single surgeon's experience in North America

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-117

  Kandil, Emad ^a   Abdelghani, Samy ^a   Noureldine, Salem I ^a   Friedlander, Paul ^a   Khalek, Mohamed Abdel ^a   Bellows, Charles F ^a   Slakey, Douglas ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LOBECTOMY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSAXILLARY GASLESS ROBOTIC THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857477822     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.1082     Document Type: Article

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