New type of thyroid surgery leaves no visible scar

An innovative surgery performed by a physician with Baptist Health South Florida ’s Miami Cancer Institute allows patients with certain benign and cancerous thyroid conditions to undergo surgery without leaving a visible scar.  Unlike traditional thyroid surgery, which involves about a two-inch incision in the neck, the surgeon accesses the butterfly-shaped gland located on top of the windpipe through the lower lip. Dr. Robert Udelsman, chief of endocrine surgery and director of the Endocrine…
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