New technique using the snake retractor for complete lymph node dissection in robotic thyroid surgery: Initial experiences

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Wan W ^a   Jung, Jin H ^a   Park, Ho Y ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bilateral axillo breast approach; complete lymph node dissection; robot thyroid surgery; snake retractor; thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RETRACTOR; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 84873665531     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31826cc1f5     Document Type: Article

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