Central neck dissection using a bilateral axillo-breast approach for robotic thyroidectomy: Comparison with conventional open procedure after propensity score matching

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-72

  Kim, Byung Seup ^a   Kang, Kyung Ho ^a   Kang, Hyun ^a   Park, Sung Jun ^a  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

neck dissection; robotic; thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST; CARCINOMA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894153118     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3182a4bfec     Document Type: Article

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