Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy: a multi-institutional North American experience.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
; 134(1): 81-4, 2008 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To report the results of a multi-institutional experience with the minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy, which was conceived in Europe and Asia and has only recently been embraced in the United States.DESIGN:
Prospective, nonrandomized analysis.SETTING:
Four academic thyroid surgical practices. PATIENTS Consecutive series of 228 patients who required thyroid surgery and were deemed at surgeon discretion to be eligible for a minimal access surgery.INTERVENTIONS:
Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy was performed in 216 patients. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
The data, which were recorded prospectively, included age, sex, indication for surgery, incision length, and complications of surgery.RESULTS:
Because conversion to an open approach was required in 12 of the 228 patients, the study group comprised 216 patients (25 men and 191 women; mean [SD] age, 44.5 [14.1] years). There were no hematomas and no cases of permanent hypoparathyroidism or permanent vocal cord paralysis. Nine patients had a transient vocal cord paresis (3.2% of nerves at risk); 5 patients experienced temporary hypocalcemia (8.1% of total thyroidectomies); 1 patient reported a change in voice pitch; and 1 patient required a scar revision.CONCLUSIONS:
Use of the minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy technique has been adopted cautiously in the United States. The safety of the procedure represented by the data from this multi-institutional experience would support its expanded adoption by high-volume thyroid surgeons.
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Assunto principal:
Doenças da Glândula Tireoide
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Tireoidectomia
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Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Minimamente Invasivos
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Cirurgia Vídeoassistida
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article