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Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy

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Abstract

Development of various techniques to eliminate a visible scar in thyroid surgery has been attempted over the years in order to minimize the cosmetic and quality-of-life impact on patients from a surgical scar. Most remote-access approaches to the thyroid gland thus far have required significantly more tissue dissection yet still have a problem gaining limited access to treat contralateral disease. As the most recent tactic of “scarless” thyroidectomy, the transoral approach, in combination with the cutting-edge robotic equipment technology, offers various advantages over other techniques including less tissue dissection, equivalent access to both sides of the thyroid gland, and an excellent midline view of the neck anatomy. Herein, we present a comprehensive overview of transoral robotic thyroidectomy (TORT).

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  1. Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Hoon Yub Kim

  2. Korea University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

    Hoon Yub Kim

  3. Division of Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Messina, Varese, Italy

    Gianlorenzo Dionigi

  4. Division of Endocrine Surgery, Ege University Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

    Özer Makay

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  1. Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Jonathon O. Russell

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

    William B. Inabnet III

  3. Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Ralph P. Tufano

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Kim, H.Y., Dionigi, G., Makay, Ö. (2020). Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy. In: Russell, J., Inabnet III, W., Tufano, R. (eds) Transoral Neck Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30722-6_16

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