title: Axillary web syndrome after transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy.
abstract: Axillary web syndrome is a self-limiting and frequently overlooked complication in the early postoperative period of axillary surgery. This entity has been described in breast cancer patients after axillary lymph node dissection. Robot-assisted transaxillary thyroidectomy is now becoming increasingly popular in part owing to the desire to avoid an obvious cervical scar. This procedure is a kind of axillary surgery, but there has been no report about axillary web syndrome after robotic transaxillary thyroidectomy. Here, we report on a 47-year-old female with axillary web syndrome after robotic transaxillary thyroid lobectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 300 Gumi-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 463-707, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 300 Gumi-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 463-707, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 300 Gumi-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 463-707, Korea. hsgong@snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Hyun Sik
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Gong
keywords: Axillary web syndrome; Thyroidectomy; Transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy