Present and future of robot-assisted endoscopic thyroid surgery

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 926-931

  Fan, Lin Jun ^a   Jiang, Jun ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endoscope; Robot assisted; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; ROBOT ASSISTED ENDOSCOPIC THYROID SURGERY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; ROBOTICS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858759189     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.05.034     Document Type: Review

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