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Open AccessSurgical outcomes of robotic thyroidectomy for thyroid tumors over 4 cm via the bilateral axillo-breast approach
The study investigated the feasibility of robotic bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) thyroidectomy for patients with thyroid tumors larger than 4 cm. BABA thyroidectomy has previously shown safety and eff...
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Open AccessTSH receptor antibody as a predictor of difficult robotic thyroidectomy in patients with Graves’ disease
Thyroidectomy in Graves’ disease can be challenging due to greater thyroid size and vascularity. While thyroid stimulating hormone receptor antibody (TRAb) level is associated with disease severity and thyroid...
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Open AccessUnraveling the role of the mitochondrial one-carbon pathway in undifferentiated thyroid cancer by multi-omics analyses
The role of the serine/glycine metabolic pathway (SGP) has recently been demonstrated in tumors; however, the pathological relevance of the SGP in thyroid cancer remains unexplored. Here, we perform metabolomi...
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Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach vs. transoral robotic thyroidectomy: systematic review and meta-analysis
This study aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the surgical outcomes of the transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA) and transoral robotic thyroidectomy (TO...
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Potential impact of obesity on the aggressiveness of low- to intermediate-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma: results from a MASTER cohort study
Obesity is associated with an increased risk of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Evidence of the impact of obesity on PTC aggressiveness is scarce. We aimed to evaluate the association between the body mass ...
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Bilateral axillo-breast approach robotic thyroidectomy in pediatric patients with thyroid disease and cancer
Robotic thyroid surgeries have cosmetic advantages over open surgeries, which are especially important in pediatric patients due to social stigmas from neck scars. The present study describes outcomes in a ser...
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Incidence and Clinicopathological Features of Differentiated High-Grade Thyroid Carcinomas: An Institutional Experience
Differentiated high-grade thyroid carcinoma (DHGTC) is a new entity in the 2022 WHO classification. We aimed to investigate the incidence and clinicopathological features of differentiated HG thyroid carcinoma...
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Authors’ Reply: A Time Trend Analysis of 5000 Robotic Thyroidectomies via Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach
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Open AccessBRAFV600E and TERT promoter C228T mutations on ThyroSeq v3 analysis of delayed skin metastasis from papillary thyroid cancer: a case report and literature review
Skin metastasis from papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is a rare entity that can occur up to decades after treatment of the primary tumor. Here, we present a patient who developed skin metastasis 10 years after t...
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A Time Trend Analysis of 5,000 Robotic Thyroidectomies via Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach
This study aimed to investigate the time trends of surgical outcomes in patients who underwent bilateral axillo-breast approach robotic thyroidectomy (BABA RT) over the last 14 years.
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Open AccessInvestigation of optimal convolutional neural network conditions for thyroid ultrasound image analysis
Neural network models have been used to analyze thyroid ultrasound (US) images and stratify malignancy risk of the thyroid nodules. We investigated the optimal neural network condition for thyroid US image ana...
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Open AccessEffect of an anti-adhesion agent on vision-based assessment of cervical adhesions after thyroid surgery: randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Many patients experience cervical adhesions after thyroid surgery. To date, however, no studies have objectively measured the effects of anti-adhesion agents on cervical adhesion symptoms. This study evaluated...
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Open AccessPerioperative hemodynamic instability in pheochromocytoma and sympathetic paraganglioma patients
For pheochromocytoma and sympathetic paraganglioma (PPGL), surgery can be used as a curative treatment; however, the life-threatening risk of perioperative hemodynamic instability (HI) presents challenges. Thi...
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Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach (BABA) Robotic Thyroidectomy
Ten years ago, Bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) robotic thyroidectomy was first introduced at Seoul National University Hospital, and it has been used to treat many sort of benign and malignant thyroid ...
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Open AccessVision-based tracking system for augmented reality to localize recurrent laryngeal nerve during robotic thyroid surgery
We adopted a vision-based tracking system for augmented reality (AR), and evaluated whether it helped surgeons to localize the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) during robotic thyroid surgery. We constructed an ...
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Preoperative Diagnostic Categories of Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-Like Nuclear Features in Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy and Its Impact on Risk of Malignancy
This study was designed to evaluate the preoperative diagnostic categories of noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP) using thyroid core needle biopsy (CNB) and to ...
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Thyroid core needle biopsy: patients’ pain and satisfaction compared to fine needle aspiration
The purpose of this study was to compare patients’ pain and satisfaction of fine needle aspiration (FNA) and core needle biopsy (CNB) for a thyroid nodule.
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The application of subcapsular saline injection during bilateral axillo-breast approach robotic thyroidectomy: a preliminary report
Saving the parathyroid gland during robotic thyroidectomy is challenging. This study evaluated the application of a novel method, subcapsular saline injection (SCASI), to save the parathyroid gland during bila...
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Open AccessImpact of smoking on thyroid gland: dose-related effect of urinary cotinine levels on thyroid function and thyroid autoimmunity
Cigarette smoking is believed to affect thyroid function and autoimmune thyroid disease. However, there is little information to analyze their association using objective biomarkers. The aim of this study was ...
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Robotic-assisted modified radical neck dissection using a bilateral axillo-breast approach (robotic BABA MRND) for papillary thyroid carcinoma with lateral lymph node metastasis
Although safe in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), robotic thyroidectomy using a bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) has not been frequently performed in patients with advanced PTC. This stu...
