The feasibility and clinical significance of lateral approach thyroidectomy

• Ran An ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ran An, Yong-Xue Gu

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations School of Clinical Medicine, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong Province, China, Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Weifang People’s Hospital, Weifang, Shandong Province, China

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• Yong-Xue Gu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ran An, Yong-Xue Gu

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Weifang People’s Hospital, Weifang, Shandong Province, China

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• Xi-Hao Ni,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation School of Clinical Medicine, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong Province, China

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• Ying Lei,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Weifang People’s Hospital, Weifang, Shandong Province, China

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• Wei-Tao Wang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation School of Clinical Medicine, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong Province, China

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• Xiao-Juan Men,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Weifang People’s Hospital, Weifang, Shandong Province, China

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• Jing-Yi Ma,

  Roles Resources, Software

  Affiliation School of Clinical Medicine, Shandong Second Medical University, Weifang, Shandong Province, China

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• Chang-Liang Wang

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wfwangchangl@sina.com

  Affiliation Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Weifang People’s Hospital, Weifang, Shandong Province, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5903-4254

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