Recent Advances in Endoscopic/Robotic-Assisted Thyroidectomy

In recent years, the incidence of thyroid cancer has increased rapidly and significantly, ranking the third among malignant tumors in women. Although conventional open thyroidectomy has achieved excellent therapeutic effects, with the improvement of people's demands for aesthetics, pursuing smaller postoperative scars has become one of the patients' expectations. With the continuous promotion of endoscopic/robotic surgery and minimally invasive concepts at home and abroad, endoscopic/robotic-assisted thyroid surgery has been widely applied in clinical practice. Endoscopic/robotic-assisted small-incision thyroidectomy has several advantages, such as reducing surgical trauma, shortening the recovery time, and improving cosmetic outcomes. This article now reviews the latest progress of endoscopic/robotic-assisted small-incision thyroidectomy, aiming to provide a reference for clinical practice.