Yeo-Kyu Youn • Kyu Eun Lee • June Young Choi

Open, Endoscopic and Robotic Procedures

2014

In the modern history of thyroid surgery, the development of techniques became more effective and less invasive. There were also many signifi cant scientifi c developments during this period. Awareness of the thyroid hormone and parathyroid hormone and the development of general anesthesia and hemostats were very important steps to perform thyroid surgery safely and effectively.