Detailed comparison of robotic and endoscopic transaxillary thyroidectomy.

CONCLUSION: Compared to endoscopic thyroidectomy, robotic transaxillary thyroidectomy involved a shorter time for inferior pole dissection and PTGs and RLN identification; moreover, more PTGs were spared using this procedure.
PMID: 30902503 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Asian Journal of Surgery - March 18, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Chang YW, Lee HY, Ji WB, Kim HY, Kim WY, Lee JB, Son GS Tags: Asian J Surg Source Type: research