World Journal of Surgery

, Volume 35, Issue 8, pp 1936–1937 | Cite as

Endoscopic Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy (eMIT): Safety First!

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Keywords

Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Thyroid Surgery Preclinical Investigation Thyroid Resection Mental Nerve 
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Disclosures

T. Benhidjeb and M. Stark have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic SurgeryUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburgGermany
  2. 2.The New European Surgical Academy (NESA)BerlinGermany

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