Introduction Postoperative cosmesis in the neck is often a major concern of patients,
particularly women, undergoing thyroid or parathyroid surgery. Therefore, a reduction in the …

Over the last decade, new modern technologies increasingly have been proposed and
applied in thyroid and parathyroid operations. Some of these new technologies include …

During the past 4 years, some minimally invasive procedures for thyroid and parathyroid
surgery have been described. All these techniques have been demonstrated as feasible and …

Background Recently there has been a strong impetus to develop minimally invasive
techniques in endocrine neck surgery. This study was designed to investigate the potential …

Endoscopic surgery is often considered to be 'minimally invasive surgery'in the light of
recent technical developments. Endoscopic neck surgery, including thyroid and parathyroid …

OBJECTIVES: Minimal-access thyroid surgery, using various techniques, is increasingly
being reported. The present study reviews our experience with thyroid surgery using a …

MINIMALLY INVASIVE THYROIDECTOMY (MIT) is the result of the efforts of several
surgeons to extrapolate the proven benefits of minimally invasive techniques in the …

Hypothesis Current techniques for open conventional thyroidectomy or parathyroidectomy
have evolved to enable a shorter incision (main proposition), and the length of the incision is …

Background: Reports of minimal access thyroid surgery (MATS) using various techniques
have recently appeared. This study examined the feasibility of MATS using either a lateral …

Background The targets of minimally invasive surgery (MIVA) could be summarised by:
achievement of the same results as those obtained with traditional surgery, less trauma …