Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Many endoscopic minimaly invasive procedures have been developed and are used now in thyroid and parathyroid surgery. However, the endoscopic approach is more technically demanding and due its limitations, endoscopic thyroidectomy remains limited in application and practiced in a relatively small number of centers. Recently robotic technology has been also applied to thyroid surgery. The aim of this study is to present our experience and to demonstrate the technica...