Michael H. Berger

Combined Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery and Transcervical Approach for Substernal Thyroidectomy: A Sternotomy Sparing Technique.

Significant extension of thyroid masses into the mediastinum has historically necessitated high-morbidity sternotomy or thoracotomy incisions during substernal thyroidectomy. This preliminary experience from a single-center, tertiary-care academic institution illustrates a combined minimally invasive robotic-assisted t...