{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Feasibility of transoral robotic selective neck dissection with or without a postauricular incision for papillary thyroid carcinoma: A pilot study.
{Author}: Tae K;Choi HW;Ji YB;Song CM;Park JH;Kim DS;Tae K;Choi HW;Ji YB;Song CM;Park JH;Kim DS;
{Journal}: Front Surg
{Volume}: 9
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: 2022
{Factor}: 2.568
{DOI}: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.985097
{Abstract}: <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.