title: Endoscopic thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer.
abstract: Endoscopic thyroidectomy is a relatively new approach in treating differentiated thyroid cancer. Since last decades, more and more endoscopic thyroidectomies have been performed. We review the indications and contraindications, methods, and postoperational complications of this surgical procedure. Lots of surgical approaches have been developed in endoscopic thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer. Compared to conventional thyroidectomy, scarless endoscopic thyroidectomy has a superior cosmetic result. And it also reduces the incidence of hypesthesia, paresthesia, or feelings of self-consciousness. However, the outcome depends, to a large extent, on the skill of the operator and the learning curve being relatively long. With the development of surgical equipments and skills, operation time and complications will be reduced. Indications of endoscopic thyroidectomy will be widened and it will be more and more performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Xiaoxiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jianbin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Zongyou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D016896:Treatment Outcome