title: Coblation assisted excision of lingual thyroid.
abstract: Lingual thyroid (LT) tissue is the most frequent ectopic location of the thyroid gland. We report 5 cases of symptomatic LT and discuss the new surgical approach. Transoral approach and coblation assisted excision of LT was performed. Postoperative follow-up for all patients was like as tonsillectomy management without tracheotomy. It's seem that this approach is much better than other such as tongue-splitting, transcervical transhyoid, pharyngotomy, with an infrahyoid approach, combined cervical and intraoral approach, Mandibular midline osteotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT (Otolaryngology), Imam Hospital, Kermanshah, Iran.
authors.forename: Sohrab
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rabiei
authors.forename: Mehrali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahimi
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ebrahimi
keywords: Coblation; Lingual thyroid; Transoral excision