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You are here: Home / Videos / Debate 1 – Why robotic thyroidectomy is the future

Debate 1 – Why robotic thyroidectomy is the future

 

Presented by Woung Young Chung, MD at the SAGES 2013 Annual Meeting: SAGES/AAES – MIS Endocrine Postgraduate Course: Controversial Topics in MIS Endocrine Surgery


citation–28 sec https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20800184
feasibility & safety–1:43 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=22284763
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Uploaded on
11/15/2013
Video Categories
Controversial Topics In MIS Endocrine Surgery, Endocrine Surgery, SAGES 2013 Meeting, Solid Organ
Learning Themes
Robotics / Advanced Technologies, Solid Organ
Sources
2013 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Postgraduate Course
Video Authors
Chung W
Video Institutions
Yonsei University Health System--Seoul South Korea


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