The same robotic surgical technology that made such a difference in surgeries of the reproductive systems of men and women is now being applied to thyroid cancer, thanks to doctors at the MD Anderson Cancer Center and the Texas A & M Health Science Center.
According to their work, doctors can use the daVinci Surgical System to go in through a small incision in the armpit and remove at least part of the cancerous thyroid gland, ending the necessity for a neck scar.
WHERE WAS THIS RESEARCH PUBLISHED?
The technique is explained in the July 2010 issue of the journal Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America.
By Ross Bonander
Source:
Medical News Today
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