Patient satisfaction and operator proficiency in gasless transaxillary endoscopic thyroidectomy under IONM: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aims to evaluate the surgical safety and effectiveness of gasless transaxillary endoscopic thyroidectomy (GTET), assess patients' short-term perceptions and long-term outcomes, and delineate the learning curve and key surgical techniques of the operators.

Materials and methods

Clinicopathological and postoperative follow-up data from patients with unilateral thyroid cancer in the same period were collected. These patients were divided into the GTET group and the traditional open surgery group to compare and analyze the differences and explore the factors affecting the learning curve of GTET.

Results

Patients who chose GTET had better general health and thyroid conditions than those in the open group, and the quality of postoperative life was bett

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11496098 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature