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The learning curve for single-port transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy (SP-TART): experience through initial 50 cases of lobectomy.
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- New Robotic Platforms in General Surgery: What's the Current Clinical Scenario?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- Learning Curves in Robotic Thyroid Surgery: A Systematic Review Comparing Transoral, Axillary, and Facelift Approaches.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-facialePooled it
- Perioperative and oncologic outcomes of 1,000 consecutive single-port transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy (SP-TART).Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Single-port, via a midline approach, Robotic Transaxillary Thyroidectomy (SMART-Thyroidectomy): description of the technique and evaluation of feasibility in the first case series.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Single-port robotic areolar thyroidectomy: technical feasibility and clinical outcomes of 64 consecutive cases.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Operative performance evolution in robotic transaxillary thyroidectomy: an 884-case institutional experience.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Robotic thyroidectomy using the da Vinci SP surgical system.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Review
- Recent advances in single-port robotic thyroidectomy: evolution, techniques, and clinical outcomes.Annals of surgical treatment and research · 2026Review
- Initial experience with the Carina™ platform for gasless transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy in papillary thyroid carcinoma: an early feasibility report.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- The evolution and clinical impact of single-port transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy: a comprehensive review.Gland surgery · 2025Review
- Da Vinci single-port robotic system current application and future perspective in general surgery: A scoping review.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Review
- Safety and surgical outcomes of single-port trans-axillary robot-assisted thyroidectomy: Experience from a consecutive series of 300 patients.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Article
- The learning curve on robot-assisted transaxillary thyroidectomy performed by a single endocrine surgeon in a third-level institution in Europe: a cumulative sum (CUSUM) analysis.Updates in surgery · 2023Article
- Definition of learning curve for thyroidectomy: systematic review on the different approaches.Gland surgery · 2023Review
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Abstract
The new da Vinci® single-port (SP) robotic system, which utilizes a smaller incision and work space compared to the previous versions, is suitable for thyroidectomy. This study aimed to evaluate the learning curve for SP transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy (SP-TART) in a single-center. Fifty consecutive patients who underwent SP-TART between October 2021 and April 2022 in Seoul St. Mary's Hospital in Seoul, Korea, were included in this retrospective analysis. We examined the clinicopathological characteristics and short-term surgical outcomes and assessed the learning curve for SP-TART using cumulative summation analysis. The mean operation time was 57.8 ± 14.1 min, and the mean tumor size was 1.0 ± 0.7 (range, 0.3-3.7) cm. The patients were discharged approximately 2 days after surgery, and only two (4%) patients developed postoperative complications, including drainage-site bleeding and surgical site infection. Risk factors for long operation time were thyroiditis, amount of blood loss, and lymph node metastasis. The learning curve for SP-TART was 20 cases for the experienced robotic surgeon. SP-TART is technically feasible and safe with a short incision length and short operation time. It is a valuable alternative operative option with good surgical outcomes and outstanding cosmetic results.
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