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While the bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) to endoscopic neck surgery resolves various benign and malignant thyroid and parathyroid diseases with minimal adverse effects and excellent cosmetic outcomes, it involves circumareolar incisions. Many patients, especially young female patients in westernized countries, are reluctant to have their breast involved. Consequently, we developed the bilateral axillo-postauricular approach (BAPA) that uses axillary and postauricular incisions.
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Youn, YK., Lee, K.E., Choi, J.Y. (2014). Robotic Thyroidectomy: Bilateral Axillo-Postauricular Approach (BAPA). In: Color Atlas of Thyroid Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37262-9_5
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