New robot-assisted surgical method found successful for treatment of thyroid cancer

Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 06:21 in Health & Medicine

Using a novel robot-assisted endoscopic technique, a team of surgeons at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea, has successfully treated 200 consecutive patients with thyroid cancer. The minimally invasive operation, which has several technical and cosmetic benefits that the traditional open operation does not offer, is described in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons...

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