Endoscopic neck surgery with lymph node dissection for papillary carcinoma of the thyroid using a totally gasless anterior neck skin lifting method.
Kitagawa
Wataru
W
Division of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery II, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Shimizu
Kazuo
K
Akasu
Haruki
H
Tanaka
Shigeo
S
D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000601:surgery*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D018579:Patient Selection; D012449:Safety; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery / Q000379:methods*