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. 2021 Jan 22;100(3):e24370. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000024370

Table 1.

Each starting point of the robotic thyroidectomy procedures for video analysis.

Procedure The starting point of the procedure
Flap creation Skin incision
Dissection of the superior pole Grabbing the superior pole
Robot docking The end of dissection of the superior pole
Dissection of the inferior pole RLN and PTG identification Retraction of the thyroid
Dissection of the thyroid along the trachea Dissection from the trachea
Bleeding control Drain application Wound closure Undocking robot