Safe and Optimum Steps for Total / Hemi Thyroidectomy
Journal Title: Otolaryngology Open Access Journal - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
Thyroidectomy is always an interesting surgery for all general, ENT, endocrine and oncosurgeons. There is lot of paradigm shift in thyroid surgeries from no identification to identification and tracking for recurrent laryngeal nerve and from open thyroidectomy to video-assisted and minimal invasive thyroidectomy procedures.
Authors and Affiliations
Vikas Jain
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