Robotic thyroidectomy: An initial experience with the gasless transaxillary approach

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-391

  Giulianotti, Pier Cristoforo ^a   Addeo, Pietro ^a   Buchs, Nicolas Christian ^a   Ayloo, Subhashini M ^a   Bianco, Francesco Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASLESS ROBOTIC TRANSAXILLARY THYROIDECTOMY; GOITER; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MULTINODULAR GOITER; OPERATION DURATION; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ROBOTICS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84861066388     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2010.0380     Document Type: Article

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