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ArticleJournal of endocrinological investigation2017

Transoral thyroidectomy: advantages and limitations.

G Dionigi, R P Tufano, J Russell, H Y Kim, E Piantanida, A Anuwong

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Article in Journal of endocrinological investigation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

G Dionigi1st Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences and Human Morphology, Research Center for Endocrine Surgery, University of Insubria (Varese-Como), via Guicciardini, 9, 21100, Varese, Italy.
R P TufanoDivision of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
J RussellDivision of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
H Y KimDivision of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotic Surgery Center, KUMC Thyroid Center Korea University, Anam Hospital, Seoul, 08308, Korea. hoonyubkim@gmail.com.
E PiantanidaEndocrine Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, ASST dei Sette Laghi, Viale Borri, 57, 21100, Varese, Italy.
A AnuwongMinimally Invasive and Endocrine Division, Department of Surgery, Police General Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this opinion paper of the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, leading experts in the field report on their current clinical experience with a novel approach for thyroid gland surgery, namely, "transoral thyroidectomy" (TOT). This feasible and novel surgical procedure does not require visible incisions and is, therefore, a truly scarless surgery. Patients meeting the following criteria can be considered as candidates for TOT: (a) an ultrasonographically (US) estimated thyroid diameter ≤10 cm; (b) US-estimated gland volume ≤45 mL; (c) nodule size ≤50 mm; (d) presence of a benign tumor such as a thyroid cyst or a single- or multi-nodular goiter; (e) Bethesda 3 and/or 4 category and (f) papillary microcarcinoma without the evidence of metastasis. The procedure is conducted via a three-port technique at the oral vestibule using a 10-mm port for the 30° endoscope and two additional 5-mm ports for the dissecting and coagulating instruments. TOT is performed using conventional endoscopic instruments and is probably the best scarless approach to the thyroid because of the short distance between the thyroid and the incisions placed intra-orally that do not result in any cutaneous scar and upon following the surgical planes. Experts in TOT organized a working group of general, endocrine, head and neck ENT surgeons and endocrinologist to develop the standards for practicing this emerging technique.

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EndoscopyHumansMouthPatient SafetyRisk AssessmentThyroid DiseasesThyroidectomyTreatment OutcomeMini-invasive thyroidectomyThyroidThyroidectomyTransoral thyroidectomy

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PMID28432675

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