TY - JOUR
T1 - Advanced approaches for thyroid surgery
AU - Kuppersmith, Ronald B.
AU - Salem, Ahmed
AU - Holsinger, F. Christopher
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - Over the past several years, new surgical approaches to the thyroid have been described, and efforts to further refine thyroid surgery continue. These new approaches can be classified by the anatomic location that access is obtained and whether CO2 insufflation is necessary for the procedure to be performed. While these new approaches provide the potential for exciting innovation, more work should be done to refine some of these techniques and study the implications of adopting them from the perspective of patient outcomes and cost.
AB - Over the past several years, new surgical approaches to the thyroid have been described, and efforts to further refine thyroid surgery continue. These new approaches can be classified by the anatomic location that access is obtained and whether CO2 insufflation is necessary for the procedure to be performed. While these new approaches provide the potential for exciting innovation, more work should be done to refine some of these techniques and study the implications of adopting them from the perspective of patient outcomes and cost.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.05.029
DO - 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.05.029
M3 - Article
C2 - 19716010
AN - SCOPUS:68949221572
SN - 0194-5998
VL - 141
SP - 340
EP - 342
JO - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
JF - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
IS - 3
ER -