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Robotic Transaxillary Thyroidectomy

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Robotic transaxillary thyroid surgery is safe and feasible, when performed in a high-volume practice setting. Knowledge of indications, contraindications, advantages, and disadvantages ensures proper patient selection and optimal shared decision-making. These elements are necessary to achieve successful outcomes. Robotic transaxillary thyroidectomy offers excellent cosmetic outcomes and oncologically adequate surgery and results in improved patient satisfaction and quality of life.

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    Ehab S. Alameer, Grace S. Lee & Emad Kandil

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Alameer, E.S., Lee, G.S., Kandil, E. (2021). Robotic Transaxillary Thyroidectomy. In: Singer, M.C., Terris, D.J. (eds) Innovations in Modern Endocrine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73951-5_18

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