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Transoral thyroid and parathyroid surgery: still experimental!

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Drs. T. Benhidjeb, K. Witzel, M. Stark, and O. Mann have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.

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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 Invasive Center, Huenfeld, Germany

    Kai Witzel

  3. The New European Surgical Academy, Unter der Linden 21, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    Michael Stark

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Benhidjeb, T., Witzel, K., Stark, M. et al. Transoral thyroid and parathyroid surgery: still experimental!. Surg Endosc 25, 2411–2413 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-010-1530-z

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