BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of difficult robotic thyroidectomy using the bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) for the management of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). METHODS We examined a database containing details of patients with PTC who had undergone robotic thyroidectomy with cervical lymph node dissection between July 2008 and June 2...

Robotic thyroidectomy is an emerging technique with postoperative outcomes that are at least comparable to those of conventional endoscopic thyroidectomy, with some end-points appearing superior. Our multicenter series represents the largest comparison of robotic and endoscopic thyroidectomy to date, with results suggesting a comparable robot technology we used that could overcome some of the t...

BACKGROUND Both Total and Subtotal Thyroidectomy are correct treatment options for symptomatic Euthyroid Multinodular Goitre. The choice depends upon surgeon's preference due to consideration of disadvantages like permanent hypothyroidism in Total Thyroidectomy and high chances of recurrence in Subtotal Thyroidectomy. Many surgeons believe that there is a higher incidence of Recurrent Laryngeal...

BACKGROUND Endoscopic thyroidectomy and endoscopic parathyroidectomy were first reported in the 1990s. However, there have been few studies reporting on the learning curve of endoscopic thyroidectomy. We used the moving average method and cumulative sum (CUSUM) analysis to assess the learning curve of gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy. METHODS Three hundred consecutive patients with thyroid ca...

BACKGROUND It is evident that the rate of thyroid cancer is increasing throughout the world. One reason is increased detection of preclinical small cancers. However, it is not clear whether the increase in thyroid cancer rate is reducing the extent of thyroid surgeries. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the thyroid cancer rate and analyze recent changes in the extent of thyroid cancer s...

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Recently robotic thyroidectomy has gained its popularity for the treatment of differentiated...

introduction struma ovarii is an ovarian teratoma, represented in more than 50% by thyroid tissue. five percent of struma ovarii cases have been proven to be malignant and, as in the thyroid gland, papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common histotype arising in struma ovarii. because of the unusual occurrence of this tumor, its management and follow-up after pelvic surgery is still controve...

BackgroundRecurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury is a serious complication of thyroidectomy. The purpose this study to determine the predictors and consequences RLN during thyroidectomy.MethodsA retrospective analysis was conducted using ACS-NSQIP 2016–2017 main thyroidectomy targeted procedure databases. Data analyzed by multivariate logistic regression resulting in risk-adjusted odds ratios m...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of truncal ligation of the inferior thyroid arteries during bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy on the incidence of hypocalcaemia after thyroidectomy. DESIGN Prospective non-randomised study. SETTING Teaching hospital, Turkey. SUBJECTS 216 patients who had bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy for non-toxic nodular goitre between 1990 and 1996. INTERVENTIONS The t...