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World Journal of Surgery

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Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Thyroidectomy for Benign Thyroid Disease: An Evidence-Based Review

Authors: Paolo Miccoli, Michele N. Minuto, Clara Ugolini, Roberta Pisano, Alessandra Fosso, Piero Berti

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 7/2008

Abstract

Background

A decade after nearly all surgical disciplines developed minimally invasive techniques, the first report of a single case of minimally invasive thyroidectomy was published. Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) is now considered the most widely practiced and most easily reproducible minimally invasive procedure for thyroidectomy. The aim of this review was to analyze the treatment of benign thyroid diseases by MIVAT.

Methods

A systematic evidence-based literature review focusing on three questions was carried out. Additional data were obtained on the basis of our personal experience. (1) Are minimally invasive procedures indicated in the treatment of thyroid diseases? (2) Is MIVAT a safe technique and what are the demonstrated advantages? (3) Since different thyroid diseases may be treated by MIVAT, is it of any value in the treatment of benign thyroid diseases?

Results

MIVAT can be considered an appropriate treatment of some thyroid diseases; it represents a safe procedure with the same incidence of complications as traditional surgery, and also has advantages in terms of both cosmetic result and postoperative distress.

Conclusions

In spite of an increasing trend toward performing more extensive procedures other than thyroidectomy alone during videoscopic procedures, the current literature seems to reaffirm that the main and safest indication for MIVAT is benign disease.

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Title: Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Thyroidectomy for Benign Thyroid Disease: An Evidence-Based Review
Authors: Paolo Miccoli
Michele N. Minuto
Clara Ugolini
Roberta Pisano
Alessandra Fosso
Piero Berti
Publication date: 01-07-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 7/2008
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-008-9479-y

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Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Thyroidectomy for Benign Thyroid Disease: An Evidence-Based Review

Abstract

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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Results

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