Gasless transaxillary endoscopic surgery for papillary thyroid carcinoma in a patient with thyroid hemiagenesis: An appropriate choice or not?

• Kexin Meng,
• Xiaoliang Chen,
• Wei Shen,
• Ying Xin

Affiliations

Kexin Meng

Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Center, Cancer Center, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; Key Laboratory of Endocrine Gland Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; Clinical Research Center for Cancer of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China

Xiaoliang Chen

Department of Thyroid, Breast & Hernia Surgery, Tiantai People's Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Tiantai Branch of Zhejiang People's Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, 317200, China

Wei Shen

Urology & Nephrology Center, Department of Nephrology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China

Ying Xin

Corresponding author. Otolaryngology& Head and Neck Center, Cancer Center, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, 158 Shangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310014, China.; Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Center, Cancer Center, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Affiliated People's Hospital, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; Key Laboratory of Endocrine Gland Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China; Clinical Research Center for Cancer of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China