Open AccessGasless single incision trans-axillary thyroidectomy: The feasibility and safety of a hypo-morbid endoscopic thyroidectomy technique
Author(s) -
Panchangam Ramakanth Bhargav,
Uday Kumbhar,
G Satyam,
KB Gayathri
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.115370
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , thyroidectomy , context (archaeology) , thyroid , thyroid nodules , thyroid disease , retrospective cohort study , paleontology , biology
A range of minimally invasive endoscopic techniques (gas dependent and gasless) have been attempted for thyroidectomy in the past two decades. In this context, we evaluated the feasibility and safety of our technique of a gasless trans-axillary thyroidectomy.