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SynthesisSurgery today2012

Minimally invasive video-assisted versus conventional open thyroidectomy: a systematic review of available data.

Jiao Liu, Turun Song, Mingqing Xu

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Synthesis in Surgery today, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Short and long-term cosmesis of cervical thyroidectomy scars.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2016
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  4. Transaxillary gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy versus conventional open thyroidectomy: a randomized study.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 · 2017
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  8. Remote Access Thyroid Surgery: A Review of Literature.Indian journal of surgical oncology · 2022
    Review
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  13. [Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy: establishment in a thyroid center].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jiao LiuDepartment of Liver and Vascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang #37, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
Turun Song
Mingqing Xu
Sichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMinimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) is now emerging as a novel and less invasive procedure for thyroid diseases. This study conducted a systematic review of the available data to evaluate the safety and efficacy of this new technique over conventional procedure.

methodsA systematic literature search was performed on Medline, Embase, and The Cochrane Library. Randomized controlled trials comparing the MIVAT with open thyroidectomy were selected and meta-analyzed.

resultsNine RCTs involving 730 patients were included and all were restricted to patients with a thyroid nodule no larger than 4 cm and surgery did not involve lymph node dissection. Both procedures were of similar efficacy in nodule resection. Open surgery had a 1.6 times higher rate of postoperative complications than the novel technique, with no significant difference (P = 0.08), especially in transient recurrent nerve palsy (OR = 0.93, P = 0.87). Although longer operative time was required for MIVAT (MD = 15.0 min, P < 0.00001), patients experienced less postoperative pain, especially in the early postoperative period (MD = -11.52, P = 0.0003). There was also a shorter incision length (MD = -2.36 cm, P < 0.00001), better cosmetic results and greater patient satisfaction in the novel technique group (WD = 2.59; P < 0.00001).

conclusionsMIVAT is a feasible, practical, and safe alternative with better cosmetic benefits, and it can be performed with an ease of manipulation that is similar to that of conventional neck surgery.

Indexed as

ThyroidectomyVideo-Assisted SurgeryAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMinimally Invasive Surgical ProceduresRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicThyroid NoduleTreatment Outcome

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PMID22310938
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