ArticleSurgical endoscopy2018
Robotic-assisted modified radical neck dissection using a bilateral axillo-breast approach (robotic BABA MRND) for papillary thyroid carcinoma with lateral lymph node metastasis.
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- Microvascular Doppler-assisted Microsurgical Left Spermatic-inferior Epigastric Vein Anastomosis for Treating Nutcracker Syndrome-associated Varicocele.European urology open science · 2023Article
- Early experience of robotic axillary lymph node dissection in patients with node-positive breast cancer.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2023Article
- Comparison of the Postoperative Outcomes of the Mini-Flap Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach (BABA) and Conventional BABA Robot-Assisted Thyroidectomy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The short video lecture for robotic bilateral axillo-breast approach to lateral neck lymph node dissection.Journal of minimally invasive surgery · 2022Article
- Robotic transaxillary lateral neck dissection for thyroid cancer: learning experience from 500 cases.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Article
- A novel hybrid approach for "Scarless" (at the neck) lateral neck dissection for papillary thyroid carcinoma: A case series and literature review.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Nutcracker syndrome: diagnosis and therapy.Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy · 2021Review
- Single Surgeon Experience with 500 Cases of the Robotic Bilateral Axillary Breast Approach (BABA) for Thyroid Surgery Using the Da-Vinci Xi System.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Initial Experience With Robotic Modified Radical Neck Dissection Using the da Vinci Xi System Through the Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach.Clinical and experimental otorhinolaryngology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough safe in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), robotic thyroidectomy using a bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) has not been frequently performed in patients with advanced PTC. This study describes surgical outcomes in patients with PTC and lymph node metastasis (LNM) in lateral neck compartment who underwent robotic-assisted modified radical neck dissection with BABA (robotic BABA MRND).
methodsThe medical records of patients with PTC and lateral LNM who underwent robotic BABA MRND from March 2010 to July 2016 were retrospectively reviewed.
resultsFifteen patients, 14 women and 1 man, of mean age 37.1 ± 9.3 years, were enrolled. Mean operation time was 272.7 ± 33.8 min. A mean 20.7 ± 7.2 lymph nodes were retrieved from the lateral neck compartment, with a mean 5.3 ± 4.4 lymph nodes being metastatic. The rates of transient and permanent hypocalcemia were 46.7 and 0%, respectively, and the rates of transient and permanent vocal cord palsy were 6.7 and 0%, respectively. Fourteen patients (93.3%) had stimulated thyroglobulin concentrations below 2 ng/mL after the first treatment with radioactive iodine.
conclusionsRobotic BABA MRND could be safely performed and may be a good surgical option in selected patients with PTC and lateral LNM.
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