RT Journal
A1 Landry CS, Grubbs EG, Perrier ND
T1 BIlateral robotic-assisted transaxillary surgery
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 2010
FD August 1
VO 145
IS 8
SP 717
OP 720
DO 10.1001/archsurg.2010.117
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2010.117
AB Hypothesis 
    Robotic-assisted transaxillary surgery (RATS) for the removal of thyroid glands is feasible by surgeons in the United States.Design 
    Case report.Setting 
    Academic research.Patient 
    A 53-year-old woman.Intervention 
    Total thyroidectomy via the transaxillary approach.Main Outcome Measure 
    Successful completion thyroidectomy using bilateral RATS.Results 
    Right thyroid lobectomy was performed via RATS to remove a 2.2-cm Hurthle cell neoplasm of the thyroid gland per cytologic analysis. Final pathologic analysis was consistent with minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma. The patient then underwent completion thyroidectomy via left-sided RATS. There were no complications.Conclusions 
    Bilateral RATS to perform total thyroidectomy is a feasible option in properly selected patients. To our knowledge, this is the first reported use of this technique in the United States.