Single-incision transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy: Challenges and limitations in a north american population

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1041-1046

  Lin, Ho Sheng ^a,b   Folbe, Adam J ^a   Carron, Michael A ^a,b   Zuliani, Giancarlo F ^a,b   Chen, Wei ^c   Yoo, George H ^a   Mathog, Robert H ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Robotic thyroidectomy; Thyroid; Thyroid surgery; Transaxillary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCEPS; GOITER; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCISION; NORTH AMERICA; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; ROBOTICS; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID WEIGHT; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSAXILLARY ROBOTIC THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AXILLA; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; OPERATIVE TIME; PATIENT POSITIONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872688077     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812461610     Document Type: Article

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