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Authors Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Luigi Boni, and Manuel Duran-Poveda have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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  1. Endocrine Surgery Research Center, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Insubria, Viale Borri, 57, 21100, Varese, Italy

    Gianlorenzo Dionigi & Luigi Boni

  2. Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital of Fuenlabrada, Faculty of Health Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain

    Manuel Duran-Poveda

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Comment on the paper: Tae K, Ji YB, Jeong JH, Lee SH, Jeong MA, Park CW (2011) Robotic thyroidectomy by a gasless unilateral axillo-breast or axillary approach: our early experiences. Surg Endosc 25(1):221–228. doi:10.1007/s00464-010-1163-2.

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Dionigi, G., Boni, L. & Duran-Poveda, M. Evolution of endoscopic thyroidectomy. Surg Endosc 25, 3951–3952 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-011-1763-5

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