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Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Using the Gasless Transaxillary Approach

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The scarless in the neck thyroidectomy has been widely practiced in South Korea in the last few years. The surgeons at Yonsei University under the leadership of Prof. Chung have proven that this approach is as safe and as effective as the traditional thyroidectomy (Lee et al. 2011).

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

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

  2. 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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  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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Linos, D. (2012). Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Using the Gasless Transaxillary Approach. In: Linos, D., Chung, W. (eds) Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23696-9_13

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