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2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeyu Zhang ◽  
Fada Xia ◽  
Xinying Li

IntroductionWith the growing esthetic requirements, endoscopic thyroidectomy develops rapidly and is widely accepted by practitioners and patients to avoid the neck scar caused by open thyroidectomy. Although ambulatory open thyroidectomy is adopted by multiple medical centers, the safety and potential of ambulatory endoscopic thyroidectomy via a chest-breast approach (ETCBA) is poorly investigated.Material and MethodsPatients with thyroid nodules who received conventional or ambulatory ETCBA at Xiangya hospital, Central South University from January 2017 to June 2020 were retrospectively included. The incidence of postoperative complications, 30-days readmission rate, financial cost, duration of hospitalization, mental health were mainly investigated.ResultsA total of 260 patients were included with 206 (79.2%) suffering from thyroid carcinoma, while 159 of 260 received ambulatory ETCBA. There was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of postoperative complications (P=0.249) or 30-days readmission rate (P=1.000). In addition, The mean economic cost of the ambulatory group had a 29.5% reduction compared with the conventional group (P<0.001). Meanwhile, the duration of hospitalization of the ambulatory group was also significantly shorter than the conventional group (P<0.001). Patients received ambulatory ETCBA showed a higher level of anxiety (P=0.041) and stress (P=0.016). Subgroup analyses showed consistent results among patients with thyroid cancer with a 12.9% higher complication incidence than the conventional ETCBA (P=0.068).ConclusionAmbulatory ETCBA is as safe as conventional ETCBA for selective patients with thyroid nodules or thyroid cancer, however with significant economic benefits and shorter duration of hospitalization. Extra attention should be paid to manage the anxiety and stress of patients who received ambulatory ETCBA.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 3293
Author(s):  
In A Lee ◽  
Kwangsoon Kim ◽  
Jin Kyong Kim ◽  
Sang-Wook Kang ◽  
Jandee Lee ◽  
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Thyroid cancer in children is very uncommon. For pediatric thyroid cancer, robotic surgery has served as a minimally invasive surgical alternative to conventional open surgery. Our study aimed to evaluate the results of robotic versus open surgical treatment for patients with thyroid cancer younger than 20 years of age at the time of diagnosis. This retrospective review included 161 pediatric patients who underwent robotic transaxillary or conventional open thyroidectomy at our institution from 2008 to 2019. Of these patients, 99 comprised the robotic group and 62 the open group. Patient demographics, surgical outcomes, and disease-free survival rates were compared between the two groups. Patients in the open group were more likely to have advanced stage diseases with a larger tumor size and higher tumor-node-metastasis stage than those in the robotic group. Operation time and follow-up period were similar in both groups. Patients in the robotic group had a lower rate of postoperative complications and a shorter length of hospital stay, but they also had a lower average number of retrieved central lymph nodes. However, there were no significant between group differences in recurrence rates and disease-free survival. In the hands of an experienced surgeon, robotic thyroidectomy is a feasible and safe option for pediatric patients.


Author(s):  
Soo Young Kim ◽  
Hee Jun Kim ◽  
Hojin Chang ◽  
Seok-Mo Kim ◽  
Yong Sang Lee ◽  
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Author(s):  
Chao Zhang ◽  
Jing Yin ◽  
Chenlu Hu ◽  
Qin Ye ◽  
Ping Wang ◽  
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PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy, safety and costs of ultrasound guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) versus open thyroidectomy for treating low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) by using propensity score matching (PSM). PATIENTS AND METHODS: 157 patients who underwent RFA and 206 patients who underwent surgery for low-risk PTMC were included in the study. The patients were followed up at 1, 3, 6, 12 months after treatment, and every half year thereafter. A 1:1 PSM method was applied to balance the pretreatment data of the two groups. In the matched group (133 patients for each), the operative time, length of hospital stay, hospitalization expenses, cosmetic results, complications were assessed and compared between two groups. RESULTS: At last follow-up, 39 tumors (29.3%) in the RFA group completely disappeared. Between the well-matched groups, no local recurrence, lymph node metastasis or distant metastases were detected in either group during the follow-up period. After matching, the operation time and hospitalization time in RFA group were shorter than those in surgery group (both P <  0.05). The average hospitalization expense of the patients in RFA group was cheaper than that in surgery group (P <  0.05). Moreover, the cosmetic score was found to be higher in RFA group than that observed in surgery group (P <  0.05). CONCLUSIONS: RFA may be an effective and safe method for treating low-risk PTMC with a superior advantage of being low-cost and having a shorter operation time and hospital stay versus surgery.


2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. e2021.00032
Author(s):  
Efstathios T. Pavlidis ◽  
Kyriakos K. Psarras ◽  
Nikolaos G. Symeonidis ◽  
Eirini-Chrysovalantou K. Martzivanou ◽  
Christina C. Nikolaidou ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Yun Suk Choi ◽  
Hyun-jin Joo ◽  
Jong-Hyuk Ahn ◽  
Hyoun-Joong Kong ◽  
Jin Wook Yi

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