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ArticleWideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques2023

HRQOL after endoscopic transaxillary gasless hemithyroidectomy.

Kristijonas Jasaitis, Almantas Maleckas, Virginija Marcinkevičienė, Dalia Daukšienė, Virgilijus Krasauskas, Akvilė Aleksaitė, Ieva Grikytė, Albertas Daukša

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Kristijonas JasaitisDepartment of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Almantas MaleckasDepartment of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Virginija MarcinkevičienėDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Dalia DaukšienėInstitute of Endocrinology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Virgilijus KrasauskasDepartment of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Akvilė AleksaitėDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Ieva GrikytėMedical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Albertas DaukšaDepartment of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.

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Introduction: Endoscopic transaxillary gasless hemithyroidectomy (TAH) is one of several different hemithyroidectomy approaches. TAH has the advantage of better cosmesis compared to open surgery, although we have a lack of information about patient health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after TAH. Aim: To evaluate HRQOL after TAH. Material and methods: The prospective clinical study involved 40 patients who underwent TAH. Patient demographic and clinical data were collected. Patients completed the Short-Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) before surgery, and at 1 and 6 months after surgery. Patients were followed up at an outpatient clinic for a check-up and postoperative evaluation. Patient HRQOL preoperative scores were compared with the general population. Results: All patients were female, with a median age of 32 years and median body mass index of 23 kg/m Conclusions: Patient HRQOL scores are higher 6 months after TAH than before surgery. Thyroiditis in pathological examination, resected lobe weight and volume, postoperative complications have significance to postoperative HRQOL scores.

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endoscopicgaslesshealth-related quality of lifehemithyroidectomythyroidectomytransaxillary

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