Tips and technical issues for performing transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy with vestibular approach (TOETVA): a novel scarless technique for neck surgery

摘要

Nowadays, minimally invasive thyroid and parathyroid gland resections for both benign and malignant tumors are rarely performed. Recently, promising new endoscopic transoral approaches to the anterior neck have been described with good results and few complications. This study describes the first clinical series in Germany using transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy-vestibular approach (TOETVA) and identifies technical issues and solutions.