Gasless transaxillary robotic versus endoscopic thyroidectomy: Exploring the frontiers of scarless thyroidectomy through a preliminary comparison study

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2797-2801

  Kiriakopoulos, Andreas ^a   Linos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive thyroidectomy; Robotic thyroidectomy; Robotics; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL NERVE PARALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOBECTOMY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE PARALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; THYROIDECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84871612692     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2281-9     Document Type: Article

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