title: Bilateral robotic-assisted transaxillary surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Robotic-assisted transaxillary surgery (RATS) for the removal of thyroid glands is feasible by surgeons in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Academic research. Patient A 53-year-old woman.
  
  
  METHODS
  Total thyroidectomy via the transaxillary approach.
  
  
  METHODS
  Successful completion thyroidectomy using bilateral RATS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Right thyroid lobectomy was performed via RATS to remove a 2.2-cm Hurthle cell neoplasm of the thyroid gland per cytologic analysis. Final pathologic analysis was consistent with minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma. The patient then underwent completion thyroidectomy via left-sided RATS. There were no complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bilateral RATS to perform total thyroidectomy is a feasible option in properly selected patients. To our knowledge, this is the first reported use of this technique in the United States.
authors: Section of Surgical Endocrinology, Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors: Christine S
authors: CS
authors: Landry
authors: Elizabeth G
authors: EG
authors: Grubbs
authors: Nancy D
authors: ND
authors: Perrier
mesh_terms: D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000601:surgery*; D001365:Axilla; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012371:Robotics; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*