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Identification and Protection of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve during Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy
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2025
The aim of this article is to present a method for identifying and protecting the recurrent laryngeal nerve during robotic thyroidectomy through the oral vestibular approach in the absence of the laryngeal nerve monitor.
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Mixed Reality Assisted Radical Endoscopic Thyroidectomy
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2025
Radical endoscopic thyroidectomy is associated with various surgical complications. This study utilizes mixed reality techniques to assist surgeons in performing radical endoscopic thyroidectomy, aiming to enhance its safety and lower the surgical threshold.
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Gasless Endoscopic Thyroidectomy via the Trans-Axillary Approach
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2023
This protocol presents the procedure for conducting thyroidectomy using the gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy trans-axillary approach (GETTA).
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Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach for Thyroid Lobectomy
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2023
Here, we present a protocol to describe the methodology for the transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach in detail.
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Blind Procedures
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2020
Ideally, the people who observe and record the children’s behavior are unaware of who was assigned to the experimental or control group, in order to control for experimenter bias. Experimenter bias refers to the possibility that a researcher’s expectations might skew the results of the study. Remember, conducting an experiment requires a lot of planning, and the people involved in the research project have a vested interest in supporting their hypotheses. If the observers knew which child was...
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Preserving the parathyroid glands and recurrent laryngeal nerves is a central surgical consideration because these nearby structures can be affected during removal. The procedure therefore requires excision of diseased thyroid tissue while maintaining these structures when possible. This balance links operative technique with later clinical outcomes, including hormone replacement needs and other consequences monitored after treatment.
After removal, the specimen undergoes laboratory examination for histopathologic and molecular features. This analysis can identify the tumor type, show how extensively disease involves the tissue, and indicate whether surgical margins contain relevant disease. Those findings provide evidence for staging and treatment planning, while also giving cancer researchers material for studying disease characteristics and therapeutic needs.
Recording whether surgeons remove part or all of the gland establishes the extent of the operation for later interpretation. That information can be considered alongside specimen findings, staging, and clinical outcomes such as recurrence or hormone replacement needs. In cancer research, consistent documentation of surgical extent helps relate treatment approaches to subsequent management and observed outcomes.
Surgeons may remove nearby lymph nodes during the operation when they are part of the surgical plan. Their inclusion expands the tissue collected through the neck incision and can support assessment of disease extent when the specimen is examined in the laboratory. This information may then contribute to staging and decisions about treatment after surgery.
Tissue obtained during thyroidectomy creates a direct research resource for histopathologic and molecular analysis. Investigators can use the specimen to characterize tumor type, evaluate disease extent, and examine surgical margins, connecting tissue-level findings with staging and treatment planning. These data also support comparisons of clinical outcomes, including recurrence, hormone replacement requirements, and responses to additional therapies.
Follow-up commonly considers whether disease recurs, whether hormone replacement is needed, and how the patient responds to additional therapies. These outcomes extend evaluation beyond the operation itself: recurrence reflects subsequent disease behavior, while hormone replacement needs and treatment responses describe practical and therapeutic consequences. Cancer research uses this follow-up information to assess longer-term results associated with surgical management.