title: Endoscopic hemithyroidectomy and prophylactic lymph node dissection for micropapillary carcinoma of the thyroid by using a totally gasless anterior neck skin lifting method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. kshimizu@nms.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akasu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery / Q000379:methods*