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Central Neck Dissection for Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach

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Endoscopic thyroidectomy by vestibular approach is potentially a better technical procedure to anatomize the central compartment lymph nodes, both levels VI and VII. This is especially true for the most caudal portion because of the excellent view and angle, which minimize instrument interference with clavicles and sternum. We provide in this chapter a review and update with a comparative analysis of endoscopic versus robotic transoral thyroidectomy approach for central compartment dissection.

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  1. Division of Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Messina, Varese, Italy

    Gianlorenzo Dionigi

  2. Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

    Hoon Yub Kim

  3. Korea University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

    Hoon Yub Kim

  4. Department of General Surgery, University of Vermont Medical Center Porter Hospital, Middlebury, VT, USA

    Elya Vasiliou

  5. Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Ralph P. Tufano

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Dionigi, G., Kim, H.Y., Vasiliou, E., Tufano, R.P. (2020). Central Neck Dissection for Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach. In: Russell, J., Inabnet III, W., Tufano, R. (eds) Transoral Neck Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30722-6_15

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