Erschienen in:
01.03.2011 | Invited Commentary
Endoscopic Minimally Invasive Thyroidectomy: A Prospective Proof-of-Concept Study in Humans
verfasst von:
Christopher R. McHenry
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 3/2011
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Excerpt
Doctors Wilhelm and Metzig describe a transoral endoscopic sublingual bivestibular approach for removal of the thyroid gland that they first trialed in animals to ensure that no vascular or neural structures were affected [
1]. The authors report their initial results in eight patients, four of whom had a total thyroidectomy and the other four had a partial thyroidectomy. In contrast to videoscopic removal of the thyroid gland through a thoracic, axillary, or breast approach, all of which have previously been described for the purpose of making the skin incision and scar less visible, the endoscopic transoral approach eliminates the skin incision. …