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Scarless Surgery: Clinical Indications for Transoral Endocrine Surgery and Implications for Pathologists
Jordan M Broekhuis1, Benjamin C James1, Raymon H Grogan2
1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Abstract:
Transoral endocrine surgery (TES) is a scarless approach to thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy for well-selected patients. Criteria for the TES approach to thyroidectomy include thyroid diameter less than or equal to 10 cm, benign nodule less than or equal to 6 cm, or confirmed or suspected malignant nodule less than or equal to 2 cm. Although fragmentation of surgical specimens has been reported in TES, additional studies are needed to evaluate the implications of TES on pathologic examination.
