Robotic thyroidectomy: Must we drive a luxury sedan to arrive at our destination safely?

Thyroid

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 988-990

  Inabnet III, William B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC TRANSAXILLARY THYROIDECTOMY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TRAINING; THYROIDECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; ROBOTICS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84867001183     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: 15579077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2012.2210.com2     Document Type: Note

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