%0 Journal Article
%T Feasibility of transoral robotic selective neck dissection with or without a postauricular incision for papillary thyroid carcinoma: A pilot study.
%A Tae K
%A Choi HW
%A Ji YB
%A Song CM
%A Park JH
%A Kim DS
%A Tae K
%A Choi HW
%A Ji YB
%A Song CM
%A Park JH
%A Kim DS
%J Front Surg
%V 9
%N 0
%D 2022
%M 36303854
%F 2.568
%R 10.3389/fsurg.2022.985097
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of transoral robotic selective neck dissection (SND) with or without a postauricular incision for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>We studied 14 patients with PTC who underwent robotic SND via the transoral or combined transoral and postauricular approaches.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The transoral approach was performed on 10 patients for dissection of levels III and IV. An additional postauricular incision was made on 4 patients for dissection of level II in addition to levels III, IV, and V. The operation was completed successfully in 13 patients, except 1 patient with the procedure conversion due to uncontrolled bleeding from the internal jugular vein. The mean numbers of removed lymph nodes in the lateral compartment were 23.1 ± 9.4 and 38.3 ± 8.5 in the transoral and combined groups. Transient recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy occurred in 1 patient, transient hypoparathyroidism in 3 patients, and chyle leakage in 1 patient. There were no hematomas, mental nerve injuries, surgical space infections, or CO2 embolisms.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Transoral robotic SND is feasible with or without a postauricular incision.