Surgical outcomes of video-assisted neck surgery for papillary thyroid carcinoma

• Published in: Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 29 - 35
• Main Authors: Misaki, Mariko, Inoue, Seiya, Kawakita, Naoya, Takeuchi, Taihei, Miyamoto, Naoki, Sakamoto, Shinichi, Fujiwara, Satoshi, Goto, Masakazu, Tsuboi, Mitsuhiro, Toba, Hiroaki, Takizawa, Hiromitsu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 01.01.2025
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Blood Loss, Surgical - statistics & numerical data; Carcinoma, Papillary - pathology; Carcinoma, Papillary - surgery; Female; Humans; Lymph Node Excision - methods; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - epidemiology; Operative Time; Original Article; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Propensity Score; Retrospective Studies; Safety; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Thyroid Cancer, Papillary - pathology; Thyroid Cancer, Papillary - surgery; Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology; Thyroid Neoplasms - surgery; Thyroidectomy - methods; Treatment Outcome; Video-Assisted Surgery - methods; Vocal Cord Paralysis - etiology; VANS; Thyroidectomy; Papillary thyroid carcinoma

Purpose New approaches to endoscopic thyroid surgery have been developed to improve cosmetic results, one of which is video-assisted neck surgery (VANS). The present study investigates the safety and effectiveness of thyroidectomy by VANS as oncologic surgery for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). M...