Robotic thyroid surgery using bilateral axillo-breast approach: Personal initial experience over two years

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-48

  D'Ajello, F ^a   Hoon Yub, K ^a   Woo Sang, R ^a   Sang Uk, W ^a   Gil Soo, S ^a   Eun Sook, L ^a   Jae Bok, L ^a   Jeoung Won, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Robotics; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NODULAR GOITER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860252852     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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