Open AccessSingle-port unilateral transaxillary totally endoscopic thyroidectomy: A survival animal and cadaver feasibility study
Author(s) -
Henrique Neubarth Phillips,
Rossano Kepler Alvim Fiorelli,
Marcelo Rios Queiroz,
André Lacerda de Abreu Oliveira,
Ricardo Zorrón
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.172016
Subject(s) - medicine , cadaver , surgery , thyroidectomy , dissection (medical) , port (circuit theory) , thyroid , electrical engineering , engineering
Single-port unilateral axillary thyroidectomy has great potential to become a valid alternative technique for thyroid surgery. We tested the technique in a study on live animals and cadavers to evaluate the feasibility and reproducibility of the procedure.