Robotic and endoscopic transaxillary thyroidectomies may be cost prohibitive when compared to standard cervical thyroidectomy: A cost analysis

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1016-1024

  Cabot, Jennifer C ^a   Lee, Cho Rok ^b   Brunaud, Laurent ^c   Kleiman, David A ^a   Chung, Woong Youn ^b   Fahey, Thomas J ^a   Zarnegar, Rasa ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Department of Visceral and Endocrine Surgery   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL THYROIDECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSAXILLARY ENDOSCOPIC THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSAXILLARY ROBOTIC THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AXILLA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84869388788     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.08.029     Document Type: Article

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