Thyroid cancer surgery - in what direction are we going? A mini-review.
Krzysztof KaliszewskiBeata WojtczakKrzysztof SutkowskiJerzy RudnickiPublished in: The Journal of international medical research (2021)
The prevalence of thyroid cancer, especially in women, is increasing dramatically. Therefore, patients often undergo thyroidectomy upon diagnosis. However, the cosmetic outcome after surgery is of particular concern for many patients. Thus, minimally invasive procedures for treating thyroid disease have been established in recent decades. Total endoscopic and robotic procedures have been slowly and successively introduced while meeting all oncological criteria. Our analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of scarless surgical procedures suggests that the cosmetic aspects of these surgeries will continue to become more important. This review assesses the recent findings regarding the roles of endoscopic and robotic procedures in thyroid cancer surgery.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- robot assisted
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- coronary artery bypass
- patient reported outcomes
- squamous cell carcinoma
- prognostic factors
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- adipose tissue
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- rectal cancer
- patient reported
- insulin resistance
- atrial fibrillation
- breast cancer risk
- endoscopic submucosal dissection