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Robotic Transoral Thyroidectomy: Right Thyroidectomy and Ipsilateral Central Neck Dissection with da Vinci Si Surgical System.

Hyo Ki KimHong Kyu KimDawon ParkHoon Yub Kim
Published in: Journal of minimally invasive surgery (2019)
Transoral approach for thyroidectomy recently gains a lot of attention among the thyroid surgeons, with the merits of cosmetic outcomes and minimal flap dissection. We've successfully introduced the robotic surgical system to the transoral approach for thyroidectomy. For transoral robotic thyroidectomy, we made 3 incisions in the gingival-buccal sulcus for three intraoral ports. An additional axilla port was inserted for counter-traction and later drain insertion. Herein, our unique procedures of transoral robotic thyroidectomy (TORT) are described in the treatment of a patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Keyphrases
  • papillary thyroid
  • robot assisted
  • lymph node metastasis
  • minimally invasive
  • lymph node
  • working memory
  • metabolic syndrome
  • radiation therapy
  • skeletal muscle
  • adipose tissue