Open AccessSingle-Incision Endoscopic Thyroidectomy by the Axillary Approach
Author(s) -
Dosang Lee,
Yuhee Nam,
Kiyoung Sung
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of laparoendoscopic and advanced surgical techniques. part a/journal of laparoendoscopic and advanced surgical techniques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.588
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1557-9034
pISSN - 1092-6429
DOI - 10.1089/lap.2010.0061
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , thyroidectomy , axilla , endoscopy , thyroid , breast cancer , cancer
As endoscopic skills and instruments continue to improve, many surgeons have begun to pay more attention to minimally invasive surgical techniques. Ever since Gagner first described endoscopic neck surgery, various techniques for endoscopic thyroidectomy have been attempted to improve the cosmetic results therein. The invasiveness of conventional endoscopic thyroidectomy is its main disadvantage, because the procedure requires a wide dissection just to reach the target site. More recently, single-incision laparoscopic surgery has received favorable attention due to the reduction of both scars and postoperative pain in various surgical fields. In this article, we report the initial clinical experiences with single-incision endoscopic thyroidectomies (SIETs) that have been performed via the axillary approach.