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  • Title: Robot-assisted thyroidectomy: early experience.
    Author: Park HS, Hong JC.
    Journal: Arch Iran Med; 2012 Aug; 15(8):488-90. PubMed ID: 22827785.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The numbers of thyroid surgeries have been increasing recently. Robot-assisted thyroidectomy allows for a better cosmetic outcome in comparison with conventional open thyroidectomy. METHODS: We performed two robot-assisted endoscopic thyroidectomies by a gasless unilateral axillo-breast approach using the da Vinci surgical robot system. RESULTS: We performed right thyroid lobectomies in both patients. The pathologic reports were: micropapillary carcinoma without extracapsular invasion in patient 1 and a benign cyst in patient 2. The operation times were 165 minutes in patient 1 and 110 minutes in patient 2. No postoperative complications occurred. CONCLUSION: Regarding our early experience, robotic thyroidectomy using the gasless axillo-breast approach is a safe, feasible, and cosmetically good procedure.
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