Robotic transaxillary central neck dissection: Video description of the technique

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Agcaoglu, Orhan ^a   Aliyev, Shamil ^a   Siperstein, Allan ^a   Berber, Eren ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

central neck dissection; robotic thyroidectomy; single incision; transaxillary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER SURGERY; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; FROZEN SECTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; ROBOTIC TRANSAXILLARY CENTRAL NECK DISSECTION; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSAXILLARY TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME; VIDEORECORDING;

HUMANS; NECK DISSECTION; ROBOTICS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84865522828     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e318257f464     Document Type: Article

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