Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy for Thyroid Cancer

• Autores: Isariya Jongekkasit, Pornpeera Jitpratoom, Thanyawat Sasanakietkul, Angkoon Anuwong
• Localización: Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America, ISSN 0889-8529, Vol. 48, Nº. 1, 2019, págs. 165-180
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The prevalence of low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is dramatically increasing because of superior diagnostic imaging technologies. Remote-access endoscopic thyroidectomy is becoming more popular for the lack of a noticeable neck scar. Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy, vestibular approach (TOETVA) is the only technique that could be called a true scarless surgery; however, there is a scarcity of long-term studies about its safety and feasibility. Because thyroid cancer is a slow-growing lesion, with adequate follow-up and surveillance, TOETVA is a surgical procedure for the management of low-risk DTC without any difference of surgical and oncological outcome.