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Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Thyroidectomy

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Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) was described in 1999. Largely due to its reproducibility, it has now become one of the most widespread minimally invasive thyroidectomy techniques throughout the world. This technique is not appropriate for every patient undergoing thyroid surgery but has limited and precise indications, mainly in terms of size of the thyroid gland and nature of the thyroid disease. Patients undergoing MIVAT reap the benefits of a minimally invasive approach through the smallest cervical incision possible.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Paolo Miccoli MD

  2. Department of Surgical Sciences and Applied Diagnostics (DISC), IRCCS, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria San Martino-IST, University of Genoa, L.Go Rosanna Benzi 2, Genoa, 16122, Italy

    Michele N. Minuto MD, PhD

  3. Department of Surgery, Endocrine Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy

    Valeria Matteucci MD

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Miccoli, P., Minuto, M.N., Matteucci, V. (2014). Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Thyroidectomy. In: Terris, D., Singer, M. (eds) Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9011-1_6

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