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ReviewWorld journal of surgery2008

Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy for benign thyroid disease: an evidence-based review.

Paolo Miccoli, Michele N Minuto, Clara Ugolini, Roberta Pisano, Alessandra Fosso, Piero Berti

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Review in World journal of surgery, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 137 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Postoperative pain outcomes following thyroidectomy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of various surgical approaches.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  2. [Update of the S2k guidelines : Surgical treatment of benign thyroid diseases].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2018
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  5. Short and long-term cosmesis of cervical thyroidectomy scars.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2016
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  16. Robotic and Endoscopic Thyroid Surgery: Evolution and Advances.Clinical and experimental otorhinolaryngology · 2019
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  18. Endoscopic Thyroid Surgery Through Trans-oral Vestibular Approach (TOVA): A Case Series and Review of Literature.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2018
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  20. [Alternative approaches in thyroid surgery].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paolo MiccoliDepartment of Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma 63, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Michele N Minuto
Clara Ugolini
Roberta Pisano
Alessandra Fosso
Piero Berti
University of Pisa · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA decade after nearly all surgical disciplines developed minimally invasive techniques, the first report of a single case of minimally invasive thyroidectomy was published. Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) is now considered the most widely practiced and most easily reproducible minimally invasive procedure for thyroidectomy. The aim of this review was to analyze the treatment of benign thyroid diseases by MIVAT.

methodsA systematic evidence-based literature review focusing on three questions was carried out. Additional data were obtained on the basis of our personal experience. (1) Are minimally invasive procedures indicated in the treatment of thyroid diseases? (2) Is MIVAT a safe technique and what are the demonstrated advantages? (3) Since different thyroid diseases may be treated by MIVAT, is it of any value in the treatment of benign thyroid diseases?

resultsMIVAT can be considered an appropriate treatment of some thyroid diseases; it represents a safe procedure with the same incidence of complications as traditional surgery, and also has advantages in terms of both cosmetic result and postoperative distress.

conclusionsIn spite of an increasing trend toward performing more extensive procedures other than thyroidectomy alone during videoscopic procedures, the current literature seems to reaffirm that the main and safest indication for MIVAT is benign disease.

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Video-Assisted SurgeryHumansThyroid DiseasesThyroidectomy

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PMID18305997
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