Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Trans-axillary surgery is an emerging technique for cervical approach with fantastic cosmetic result. With more than 50 cases treated by our group, we developed our technique with specific safe methodologies.Aims: To present step-by-step technique of trans-axillary endoscopic thyroidectomy.Material and methods: This is a video surgery that uses three trocars and a harmonic scalpel for dissection and ligation. Incision...

Introduction: Endoscopic techniques are uprising in the cervical field mainly because of the exceptional cosmetic results. These surgeries are frequent in the far east Asia but still rare in Europe. We started these approach on November 2014. This paper is a review of our experience.Aims: To present a series of trans-axillary endoscopic thyroidectomy.Material and methods: This is a cohort study of 50 consecutive patients treated by...