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Endoscopic minimally invasive thyroidectomy: ethical and patients safety considerations on the first clinical experience of an innovative approach

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  1. Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

    Tahar Benhidjeb & Oliver Mann

  2. Minimal Invasiv Center, Huenfeld, Germany

    Kai Witzel

  3. Department of Surgery, Immanuel Klinik Rüdersdorf, Rüdersdorf, Germany

    Jens Burghardt

  4. Department of Surgery, Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany

    Eckhard Bärlehner

  5. New European Surgical Academy, NESA, Berlin, Germany

    Michael Stark

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Benhidjeb, T., Witzel, K., Burghardt, J. et al. Endoscopic minimally invasive thyroidectomy: ethical and patients safety considerations on the first clinical experience of an innovative approach. Surg Endosc (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-010-1290-9

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