Thyroidectomy for graves' disease: A feasibility study of the robotic transaxillary approach

ORL

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 350-356

  Noureldine, Salem I ^a   Yao, Lu ^b   Wavekar, Rohan R ^a   Mohamed, Salah ^a   Kandil, Emad ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Graves' disease; Hyperthyroidism; Robotic thyroidectomy; Thyroid neoplasm; Thyroid surgery; Toxic goiter; Transaxillary approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTIC THYROIDECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; THYROIDECTOMY; ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HOARSENESS; HYPOCALCEMIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; ROBOTIC TRANSAXILLARY APPROACH; THYROID CRISIS; THYROID FUNCTION; VASCULARIZATION;

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AXILLA; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892777355     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: 14230275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354266     Document Type: Article

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