title: Robotic facelift thyroidectomy.
abstract: The use of minimally invasive and endoscopic thyroidectomy techniques has become widespread. However, these procedures all result in a visible neck incision. Several remote access thyroidectomy approaches that place the necessary incision in inconspicuous, noncervical locations have recently been described. Robotic facelift thyroidectomy uses a facelift incision in the postauricular area to provide entry to the thyroid compartment. Robotic facelift thyroidectomy has been shown to be feasible and safe and an increasing number of institutions have begun to offer it to selected patients. This article describes the indications, technical details, outcomes, and potential complications of this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thyroid & Parathyroid Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, GRU Thyroid Center, Georgia Regents University, 1120 Fifteenth Street, BP-4109, Augusta, GA 30912-4060, USA. Electronic address: dterris@gru.edu.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Terris
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Remote access; Robotic; Robotic thyroidectomy; Thyroidectomy