Patient factors affecting operative times for single-incision trans-axillary robotic-assisted (STAR) thyroid lobectomy: Does size matter?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1460-1465

  Stevenson, Christina E ^a   Gardner, David F ^a   Grover, Amelia C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; SEROMA; SINGLE INCISION TRANSAXILLARY ROBOTIC ASSISTED THYROID LOBECTOMY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SEROMA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862577187     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1972-0     Document Type: Article

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