Comparison of Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach Robotic Thyroidectomy with Open Thyroidectomy for Graves' Disease.

Journal: World journal of surgery
PMID: 26754077

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is an ongoing debate about whether robotic thyroidectomy (RT) is appropriate for Graves' disease. The aim of this study was to compare the safety of bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) RT with that of open thyroidectomy (OT) in patients with Graves' disease.

Authors

  • Hyungju Kwon
    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital and College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea. lovekkung@gmail.com.
  • Jin Wook Yi
    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital and College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea.
  • Ra-Yeong Song
    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital and College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea.
  • Young Jun Chai
    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
  • Su-jin Kim
    Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital and College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Korea.
  • June Young Choi
  • Kyu Eun Lee

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