Expense of robotic thyroidectomy: A cost analysis at a single institution

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1102-1106

  Broome, James T ^a   Pomeroy, Sharon ^a   Solorzano, Carmen C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTIC THYROIDECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SKIN INCISION; SURGEON; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84871384341     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.1870     Document Type: Article

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