%0 Journal Article %T Gasless trans-axillary robotic thyroidectomy: the introduction and principle %A Aïdan, Patrick %A Bechara, Maroun %J Gland Surgery %D 2017 %B 2017 %9 %! Gasless trans-axillary robotic thyroidectomy: the introduction and principle %K %X A historic review of the main stages of evolution of the minimally-invasive techniques in thyroid surgery. The endoscopic era is divided into direct and indirect approaches. Examples are the minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) and the minimally invasive lateral approach. The indirect approach is divided into transaxillary and chest/breast incisions. A brief historic review of the advent of robots to the medical and mainly surgical field. And finally, an introduction to transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy. %U https://gs.amegroups.org/article/view/14672 %V 6 %N 3 %P 229-235 %@ 2227-8575