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Transoral Robotic Total Thyroidectomy and Bilateral Central Regional Lymph Node Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Published on: September 15, 2023
Robot-assisted thyroidectomy: early experience
Heon Soo Park1, Jong Chul Hong
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Background:
The numbers of thyroid surgeries have been increasing recently. Robot-assisted thyroidectomy allows for a better cosmetic outcome in comparison with conventional open thyroidectomy.
Methods:
We performed two robot-assisted endoscopic thyroidectomies by a gasless unilateral axillo-breast approach using the da Vinci surgical robot system.
Results:
We performed right thyroid lobectomies in both patients. The pathologic reports were: micropapillary carcinoma without extracapsular invasion in patient 1 and a benign cyst in patient 2. The operation times were 165 minutes in patient 1 and 110 minutes in patient 2. No postoperative complications occurred.
Conclusion:
Regarding our early experience, robotic thyroidectomy using the gasless axillo-breast approach is a safe, feasible, and cosmetically good procedure.
