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01-05-2011 | Letter--Reply

Transoral parathyroid surgery—feasible!

Authors: Elias Karakas, Torsten Steinfeldt, Andreas Gockel, Reiner Westermann, Detlef K. Bartsch

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 5/2011

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We read with interest the letter of Benhidjeb and colleagues [1] in response to our article [2] and are grateful for the opportunity to reply. Benhidjeb and colleagues criticize our claim to the first description of an entirely transoral access for hemithyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy without an accessorial incision of the skin in pigs and human cadavers as wrong. We respectfully disagree. …

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Title: Transoral parathyroid surgery—feasible!
Authors: Elias Karakas
Torsten Steinfeldt
Andreas Gockel
Reiner Westermann
Detlef K. Bartsch
Publication date: 01-05-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 5/2011
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-010-1424-0

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