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Yonsei Experience of 5000 Gasless Transaxillary Robotic Thyroidectomies

Yonsei Experience of 5000 Gasless Transaxillary Robotic Thyroidectomies World J Surg (2018) 42:2280 DOI 10.1007/s00268-017-4367-y LETTE R T O T HE EDI T OR Yonsei Experience of 5000 Gasless Transaxillary Robotic Thyroidectomies 1 1 Sapana Bothra Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan Published online: 14 November 2017 Socie ´te ´ Internationale de Chirurgie 2017 We read with interest the article ‘‘Yonsei experience of 5000 transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy without open surgical gasless transaxillary Robotic Thyroidectomies’’ by Kim experience? What factor contributed to surgery of 1367 et al. [1]. We congratulate the authors on their huge experi- patients in the second period consisting of only two months ence of 5000 gasless transaxillary robotic thyroidectomies December 2011 and January 2012? In less than total thy- and their constant effort and passion to refine this art of roidectomy how much thyroid tissue was left behind? transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy to attain accept- Thank you for your comments on these issues. able norms of safe thyroid surgery (\ 2% Hypoparathy- roidism and \ 2% RLN injury) [2]. This retrospective study analyzes the journey through 5000 thyroidectomies and we References also agree with authors that prospective studies with large numbers and long period are difficult to conduct. We have 1. Kim MJ, Nam KH, Lee SG, Choi JB, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png World Journal of Surgery Springer Journals

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World J Surg (2018) 42:2280 DOI 10.1007/s00268-017-4367-y LETTE R T O T HE EDI T OR Yonsei Experience of 5000 Gasless Transaxillary Robotic Thyroidectomies 1 1 Sapana Bothra Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan Published online: 14 November 2017 Socie ´te ´ Internationale de Chirurgie 2017 We read with interest the article ‘‘Yonsei experience of 5000 transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy without open surgical gasless transaxillary Robotic Thyroidectomies’’ by Kim...
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Copyright © 2017 by Société Internationale de Chirurgie
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Medicine & Public Health; Surgery; Abdominal Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; General Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Vascular Surgery
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0364-2313
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10.1007/s00268-017-4367-y
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World J Surg (2018) 42:2280 DOI 10.1007/s00268-017-4367-y LETTE R T O T HE EDI T OR Yonsei Experience of 5000 Gasless Transaxillary Robotic Thyroidectomies 1 1 Sapana Bothra Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan Published online: 14 November 2017 Socie ´te ´ Internationale de Chirurgie 2017 We read with interest the article ‘‘Yonsei experience of 5000 transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy without open surgical gasless transaxillary Robotic Thyroidectomies’’ by Kim experience? What factor contributed to surgery of 1367 et al. [1]. We congratulate the authors on their huge experi- patients in the second period consisting of only two months ence of 5000 gasless transaxillary robotic thyroidectomies December 2011 and January 2012? In less than total thy- and their constant effort and passion to refine this art of roidectomy how much thyroid tissue was left behind? transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy to attain accept- Thank you for your comments on these issues. able norms of safe thyroid surgery (\ 2% Hypoparathy- roidism and \ 2% RLN injury) [2]. This retrospective study analyzes the journey through 5000 thyroidectomies and we References also agree with authors that prospective studies with large numbers and long period are difficult to conduct. We have 1. Kim MJ, Nam KH, Lee SG, Choi JB,

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World Journal of Surgery – Springer Journals

Published: Nov 14, 2017

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  • Yonsei experience of 5000 gasless transaxillary robotic thyroidectomies
    Kim, MJ; Nam, KH; Lee, SG; Choi, JB; Kim, TH; Lee, CR; Lee, J; Kang, SW; Jeong, JJ; Chung, WY
  • Evaluation of total/near-total thyroidectomy in a short-stay hospitalization: safe and cost-effective
    Marohn, MR; LaCivita, KA