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Endoscopic Thyroidectomy in the Neck

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Although minimally invasive thyroidectomy started as a “closed” purely endoscopic thyroidectomy with incisions in the neck, today these techniques are not widely practiced. They are mentioned though for their historical interest and potential lessons for other similar future endoscopic attempts.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 2 Hawthorne Place, Unit 6G, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Konstantinos P. Economopoulos M.D., Ph.D.

  2. St. George’s University of London Medical School at the University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Dimitrios Linos M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Surgery)

  3. Department of Surgery, Hygeia Hospital, 7 Fragoklisias St., Marousi, Athens, 15125, Greece

    Dimitrios Linos M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Surgery)

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Correspondence to Konstantinos P. Economopoulos M.D., Ph.D. .

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  1. University of Nicosia, Surgery, St. George’s University of London, 46 Makedonitissas Ave 7, Nicosia, 1700, Cyprus

    Dimitrios Linos

  2. , Surgery, Yonsei University of Medicine, onsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu 50, Seoul, 120-752, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Woong Youn Chung

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Economopoulos, K.P., Linos, D. (2012). Endoscopic Thyroidectomy in the Neck. In: Linos, D., Chung, W. (eds) Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23696-9_8

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