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Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach (BABA) Robotic Thyroidectomy

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Ten years ago, Bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) robotic thyroidectomy was first introduced at Seoul National University Hospital, and it has been used to treat many sort of benign and malignant thyroid diseases. Within 10 years, the oncological and clinical outcomes from many researchers have been reported to support the safety and feasibility of BABA robotic thyroidectomy. In this chapter, we describe the procedures of this approach, and review the updated evidences. The equipment, operating room (OR) setup, and surgical indications is also described. The updated evidences of technical, oncological outcomes will be followed.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, Republic of Korea

    June Young Choi

  2. Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital and College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Kyu Eun Lee

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  1. Center for Advanced Thoracic Surgery, Global Robotics Institute Advent Health Celebration, Celebration, FL, USA

    Farid Gharagozloo

  2. Global Robotics Institute, Advent Health Celebration, Celebration, FL, USA

    Vipul R. Patel

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti

  4. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Three Crosses Regional Hospital, Las Cruces, NM, USA

    Robert Poston

  5. Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Rainer Gruessner

  6. Department of Surgery, Wellington Regional Medical Center, Wellington, FL, USA

    Mark Meyer

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Choi, J.Y., Lee, K.E. (2021). Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach (BABA) Robotic Thyroidectomy. In: Gharagozloo, F., Patel, V.R., Giulianotti, P.C., Poston, R., Gruessner, R., Meyer, M. (eds) Robotic Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53594-0_145

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