Open AccessMinimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy: Ascending the learning curve
Author(s) -
M Capponi,
C Bellotti,
Marco Lotti,
Luca Ansaloni
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.153808
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroidectomy , learning curve , surgery , thyroid , computer science , operating system
Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) is a technically demanding procedure and requires a surgical team skilled in both endocrine and endoscopic surgery. The aim of this report is to point out some aspects of the learning curve of the video-assisted thyroid surgery, through the analysis of our preliminary series of procedures.