Erschienen in:
01.01.2012 | Letter--Reply
The endoscopic approach to the neck: a review of the literature and an overview of the various techniques
verfasst von:
Gianluca Donatini, Gabriele Materazzi, Paolo Miccoli
Erschienen in:
Surgical Endoscopy
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Ausgabe 1/2012
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We thank Dr. Muenscher and collegues for their review of our article on the underlying pros and cons of endoscopic and video-assisted surgical approaches for neck surgery. In our opinion, some points have not been stressed properly. Since its initiation in 1999, the minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) approach has been widely used for both benign and malignant thyroid lesions in both adult and pediatric patients [
1‐
3]. Although listed as a disadvantage, the operative time for MIVAT resembles that for conventional thyroidectomy after an adequate learning curve period [
3]. Both the operative time and the complications rate for MIVAT equal those for open surgery [
1‐
3]. …