The advancement of minimally invasive surgery in the field of endocrine surgery over the
last 2 decades has fostered the attempt of natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery …

This review focuses on complications linked to trans-oral endoscopic thyroidectomy via
vestibular approach (TOETVA) and aimed to elucidate the procedure's initial safety profile …

The first successful parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism was performed in
Vienna, Austria, in 1925. Since then, parathyroidectomy has been routinely performed in …

Minimally invasive video‐assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) was described in 1998. In this
study we collected the experience of four third‐level referral centers that adopted this …

Background Endoscopic techniques have recently been applied to thyroid surgery. We
developed the bilateral axillo-breast (BAB) approach for total thyroidectomy. The aims of this …

Background. The effectiveness of minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT)
in papillary thyroid carcinoma is still debated. Some are concerned about this procedure in …

Surgery for thyroid disease requires skin incisions that can result in postsurgical problems
such as prominent scars, adhesions, hypesthesia, and paresthesia in the neck. To overcome …

Purpose: During the past decade, various techniques of endoscopic thyroid surgery have
been introduced. We have developed a novel method of gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy …

Background Various endoscopic thyroidectomy procedures have been designed to
minimize visible scarring. However, endoscopic thyroidectomies have some limitations in …

Background In the last decade, development of videolaparoscopic surgery allowed several
operations to be performed with minimally invasive techniques, making them less invasive …