New Robot-assisted Surgical Method Found Successful For Treatment Of Thyroid Cancer

Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 00:28 in Health & Medicine

Using a novel robot-assisted endoscopic technique, a team of surgeons in 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 a new study.

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