Safety of robotic thyroidectomy approaches: Meta-analysis and systematic review

Head and Neck

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 137-143

  Jackson, Nicole R ^a,b   Yao, Lu ^b   Tufano, Ralph P ^c   Kandil, Emad H ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

meta analysis; minimally invasive; robotic; thyroidectomy; transaxillary

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONVENTIONAL OPEN THYROIDECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THYROIDECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ROBOTIC THYROIDECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROIDECTOMY;

META-ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; ROBOTIC; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSAXILLARY;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890426826     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23223     Document Type: Review

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