title: [An application of mini-invasive surface surgery: the thyroid].
abstract: Since its introduction, minimally-invasive surgery has been applied to structures contained in natural cavities such as abdomen, thorax and articulations. At present, its application to surface zones (plastic surgery) gives good results. For this reason, we tried to examine thyroid area through a video-assisted access in a 32 years old woman presenting a nodule with a diameter of about 1 cm, localized in the left parahistmic thyroid area. This approach allowed a good vision of the operative field. In our opinion, this technique could be useful especially to formulate the histological diagnosis of small thyroid nodules for whom the standard surgical biopsy should be considered too invasive.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi di Genova.
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Mattioli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cagnazzo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Varaldo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spigno
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gasparini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*