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Article

Minimal Access Thyroid Surgery in Children: A Retrospective Study and Literature Review

by
Francis Lee
1,
Jennifer F. Ha
1,2,3,* and
Francis J. Lannigan
1,2,4
1
Princess Margaret Hospital for Chidlren Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia
2
University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
3
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
4
University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, WA, Australia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Surg. Tech. Dev. 2017, 7(1), 6398; https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2017.6398
Submission received: 6 January 2016 / Revised: 16 April 2016 / Accepted: 19 April 2016 / Published: 13 October 2017

Abstract

Minimal access thyroid surgery (MATS) is a technique whereby a part of or whole of a thyroid lobe is removed through a small (3–4 cm) neck incision. Its use in the surgical management of thyroid disease in children has not been well elucidated. We present a retrospective case study of 12 patients over the period of 2007 to 2010 to assess the feasibility of MATS in the management of thyroid disease. Minimal access thyroid surgery is a safe and feasible approach for hemithyroidectomy/lobectomy in selected patients. There were no associated adverse events, complications or disease recurrence. We also reviewed the literature and discussed the use of MATS as a routine procedure in selected pediatric patients.
Keywords: minimal access surgery; lobectomy; thyroidectomy; thyroid neoplasm; pediatrics minimal access surgery; lobectomy; thyroidectomy; thyroid neoplasm; pediatrics

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Lee, F.; Ha, J.F.; Lannigan, F.J. Minimal Access Thyroid Surgery in Children: A Retrospective Study and Literature Review. Surg. Tech. Dev. 2017, 7, 6398. https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2017.6398

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Lee F, Ha JF, Lannigan FJ. Minimal Access Thyroid Surgery in Children: A Retrospective Study and Literature Review. Surgical Techniques Development. 2017; 7(1):6398. https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2017.6398

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Lee, Francis, Jennifer F. Ha, and Francis J. Lannigan. 2017. "Minimal Access Thyroid Surgery in Children: A Retrospective Study and Literature Review" Surgical Techniques Development 7, no. 1: 6398. https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2017.6398

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