Combination of treatments with transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA) for Graves' disease.

ABSTRACT: Although the success rates of non-surgical treatments for Graves' disease such as antithyroid medication and radioiodine ablation were good, there were still failure of treatments or intolerance for some patients. Traditional thyroid surgery could treat these patients but result in unaesthetic neck scars. Herein, we report the preliminary results of our combination of treatments with the transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach for Graves' disease. A retrospective review of patients who underwent the transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach for the treatment of different sizes of goiters between January 2019 and December 2020 was performed. The demographic and clinical data of patients were collected. All patients were followed up for > 12 months. Each patient's

SUBMITTER: Wu YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9935526 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature