title: Endoscopic and robotic thyroidectomy for cancer.
abstract: This article focuses on endoscopic and robotic surgical techniques for the treatment of thyroid cancer. The most widely applied techniques are minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy, as well as various combinations using a primarily axillary-based approach. Although there are few large studies delineating the benefits of endoscopic thyroid resection when compared with traditional thyroidectomy, in patients who desire the lack of a cervical incision, endoscopic thyroidectomy provides a safe and oncologically effective surgical option when applied by experienced surgeons. Endoscopic surgical treatment of thyroid disease is a developing field and deserves further study before widespread application.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Mitchem
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Gillanders
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends