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01-04-2010 | Letter

Natural orifice surgery on the thyroid gland using totally transoral video-assisted thyroidectomy: report of the first experimental results for a new surgical method: are we going in the right direction?

Authors: Paolo Miccoli, Gabriele Materazzi, Piero Berti

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 4/2010

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Title: Natural orifice surgery on the thyroid gland using totally transoral video-assisted thyroidectomy: report of the first experimental results for a new surgical method: are we going in the right direction?
Authors: Paolo Miccoli
Gabriele Materazzi
Piero Berti
Publication date: 01-04-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 4/2010
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-009-0677-y

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Natural orifice surgery on the thyroid gland using totally transoral video-assisted thyroidectomy: report of the first experimental results for a new surgical method: are we going in the right direction?

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