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Review
. 2023 Mar;16(1):163-166.
doi: 10.1016/j.path.2022.10.002. Epub 2022 Dec 9.

Scarless Surgery: Clinical Indications for Transoral Endocrine Surgery and Implications for Pathologists

Jordan M Broekhuis  1 , Benjamin C James  1 , Raymon H Grogan  2
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Scarless Surgery: Clinical Indications for Transoral Endocrine Surgery and Implications for Pathologists

Jordan M Broekhuis et al. Surg Pathol Clin. 2023 Mar.

Abstract

Transoral endocrine surgery (TES) is a scarless approach to thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy for well-selected patients. Criteria for the TES approach to thyroidectomy include thyroid diameter less than or equal to 10 cm, benign nodule less than or equal to 6 cm, or confirmed or suspected malignant nodule less than or equal to 2 cm. Although fragmentation of surgical specimens has been reported in TES, additional studies are needed to evaluate the implications of TES on pathologic examination.

Keywords: Endocrine surgery; Remote access surgery; Thyroid cancer; Transoral endocrine surgery; Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach.

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