Solo-Surgeon Retroauricular Approach Endoscopic Thyroidectomy
- Authors
- Lee, Doh Young; Baek, Seung-Kuk; Jung, Kwang-Yoon
- Issue Date
- 1월-2017
- Publisher
- MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
- Keywords
- solo-surgery; solo-surgeon; thyroidectomy; retroauricular; endoscopic
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC & ADVANCED SURGICAL TECHNIQUES, v.27, no.1, pp.63 - 66
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC & ADVANCED SURGICAL TECHNIQUES
- Volume
- 27
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 63
- End Page
- 66
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/85128
- DOI
- 10.1089/lap.2016.0140
- ISSN
- 1092-6429
- Abstract
- Background: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of solo-surgeon retroauricular thyroidectomy. Materials and Methods: For solo-surgery, we used an Endoeye Flex Laparo-Thoraco Videoscope (Olympus America, Inc.). A Vitom Karl Storz holding system (Karl Storz GmbH & Co.) composed of several bars connected by a ball-joint system was used for fixation of endoscope. A snake retractor and a brain-spoon retractor were used on the sternocleidomastoid. Results: Endoscopic thyroidectomy using the solo-surgeon technique was performed in 10 patients having papillary thyroid carcinoma. The mean patient age was 36.0 +/- 11.1 years, and all patients were female. There were no postoperative complications such as vocal cord paralysis and hematoma. When compared with the operating times and volume of drainage of a control group of 100 patients who underwent surgery through the conventional retroauricular approach between May 2013 and December 2015, the operating times and volume of drainage were not significantly different (P=.781 and.541, respectively). Conclusion: Solo-surgeon retroauricular thyroidectomy is safe and feasible when performed by a surgeon competent in endoscopic thyroidectomy.
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