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ArticleJournal of minimal access surgery

Transoral endoscopic total thyroidectomy vestibular approach: A case series and literature review.

T Sivakumar, R A Amizhthu

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Article in Journal of minimal access surgery. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy: A Systematic Review of the Practice So Far.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

T SivakumarAssociate Professor in Fellowship of Minimal Access Surgey, Siva Hospital, Institute of Minimal Access Surgery, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India.
R A AmizhthuAssociate Professor in Fellowship of Minimal Access Surgey, Siva Hospital, Institute of Minimal Access Surgery, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India.
Kanyakumari Government Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional open thyroidectomy is often associated with post-operative complications including nerve damage, voice disturbances, paraesthesias, adhesions and prominent scarring. Several endoscopic surgical techniques have been reported as alternatives to conventional thyroidectomy. Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery is a promising approach which leaves no scar, produces few complications and affords faster discharge from care. Several studies have explored its utility in total thyroidectomy in patients with benign or malignant thyroid disease. Herein, we present a case series on the successful application of transoral endoscopic total thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA) in benign and malignant diseases of the thyroid. We performed TOETVA in 11 patients presenting with benign or malignant thyroid nodules in our hospital, between 1

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Multinodular goitrethyroidectomytransoral endoscopic total thyroidectomy

Identifiers

PMID29067943
PMCPMC5869970
OpenAlexW2765497780

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