Thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer via transareola single-site endoscopic approach: results of a case-match study with large-scale population

• Published in: Surgical endoscopy Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 1394 - 1406
• Main Authors: Liang, Juyong, Zhan, Ling, Xuan, Ming, Zhao, Qiwu, Chen, Lingxie, Yan, Jiqi, Kuang, Jie, Tan, Jian, Qiu, Weihua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Endoscopy; Endoscopy - methods; Gastroenterology; Gynecology; Hepatology; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - surgery; Operative Time; Proctology; Surgery; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid Neoplasms - pathology; Thyroid Neoplasms - surgery; Thyroidectomy; Thyroidectomy - methods; Single-site endoscopic thyroidectomy; Propensity score matching study; Transareola approach; Differentiated thyroid cancer

Background Due to technical challenges, single-site endoscopic thyroidectomy (SSET) is seldom reported and has been attempted in only limited cases. This large-scale study aimed to compare the clinical outcomes of standardized transareola SSET (TASSET) with those of conventional open thyroidectomy (...