Trial reportWorld journal of surgery2017
Remote Access Robotic Facelift Thyroidectomy: A Multi-institutional Experience.
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- Facelift thyroid surgery: a systematic review of indications, surgical and functional outcomes.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2023Pooled it
- Conversion rates in robotic thyroid surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2022Pooled it
- Review of Surgical Interventions in the Thyroid Gland: Recent Advances and Current Considerations.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025Review
- Robotic Head and Neck Surgery: Beyond TORS.Current oncology reports · 2020Review
- Minimally Invasive Approaches for Thyroid Surgery-Pitfalls and Promises.Current oncology reports · 2020Review
- Robotic lateral cervical lymph node dissection via bilateral axillo-breast approach for papillary thyroid carcinoma: a single-center experience of 260 cases.Journal of robotic surgery · 2020Article
- Transoral Vestibular Thyroidectomy: Current State of Affairs and Considerations for the Future.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2019Article
- Starting a Transoral Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Program.Current otorhinolaryngology reports · 2019Article
- Remote-Access Thyroidectomy: A Multi-Institutional North American Experience with Transaxillary, Robotic Facelift, and Transoral Endoscopic Vestibular Approaches.Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2019Article
- Thyroid surgery for differentiated thyroid cancer - recent advances and future directions.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2018Review
- Variations and results of retroauricular robotic thyroid surgery associated or not with neck dissection.Gland surgery · 2018Article
- [Robotic Surgery - Who is The Boss?]Laryngo- rhino- otologie · 2018Review
- [Alternative approaches in thyroid surgery].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2017Review
- Robotic Neck Surgery in the Pediatric Population.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic SurgeonsArticle
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundRobotic facelift thyroidectomy (RFT) was developed as a new surgical approach to the thyroid gland using a remote incision site. Early favorable results led to this confirmatory multi-institutional experience.
methodsProspectively collected data on consecutive patients undergoing RFT in five North American academic endocrine surgical practices were compiled. Surgical indications, operative times, final pathology, nodule size, complications, and postoperative management (drain use and length of hospital stay) were evaluated.
resultsA total of 102 RFT procedures were undertaken in 90 patients. All but one of the patients (98.9 %) were female, and the mean age was 41.9 ± 13.1 years (range 12-69 years). The indication for surgery was nodular disease in 91.2 % of cases; 8.8 % were completion procedures performed for a diagnosis of cancer. The mean size of the largest nodule was 1.9 cm (range 0-5.6 cm). The mean total operative time for a thyroid lobectomy was 162 min (range 82-265 min). No permanent complications occurred. There were 4 cases (3.9 %) of transient recurrent laryngeal nerve weakness, no cases of hypocalcemia, and 3 (2.9 %) hematomas. There were no conversions to an anterior cervical approach. The majority of patients were managed on an outpatient basis (61.8 %) and without a drain (65.7 %).
conclusionsRFT is technically feasible and safe in selected patients. RFT can continue to be offered to carefully selected patients as a way to avoid a visible cervical scar. Future prospective studies to compare this novel approach to other remote access approaches are warranted.
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