BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted transaxillary approaches to thyroidectomy have been well described. They have an advantage over the breast approach in that a circumareolar incision is avoided. However, they require a single long axillary incision to accommodate all 3 robotic arms and provide adequate visualization of the area around the thyroid. The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of the robot-assisted transaxillary gas-insufflation approach (TAGA) and to attempt reducing the size of the scar. METHODS: We evaluated 47 patients who underwent robot-assisted thyroid lobectomy via TAGA from July 2015 to Aug 2017. The following variables were studied: patients' demographics, operative time according to each operation step, volume of drainage, duration of hospitalization, and perioperative complications. RESULTS: The mean age of all patients was 42.4±9.1 years. The mean total volume of drainage was 195.4±70.9 mL, and the duration of postoperative stay was 3.0±1.1 days. Two cases (4.3%) of transient vocal cord palsy and 2 cases (4.3%) of seroma were identified postoperatively. There was no post-operative cosmetic problem at the skin incisions made in the axilla. CONCLUSIONS: Robot-assisted thyroid lobectomy via TAGA is technically feasible while achieving good cosmetic results. TAGA can be an alternative robot-assisted method for thyroidectomy. 2020 Gland Surgery. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted transaxillary approaches to thyroidectomy have been well described. They have an advantage over the breast approach in that a circumareolar incision is avoided. However, they require a single long axillary incision to accommodate all 3 robotic arms and provide adequate visualization of the area around the thyroid. The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of the robot-assisted transaxillary gas-insufflation approach (TAGA) and to attempt reducing the size of the scar. METHODS: We evaluated 47 patients who underwent robot-assisted thyroid lobectomy via TAGA from July 2015 to Aug 2017. The following variables were studied: patients' demographics, operative time according to each operation step, volume of drainage, duration of hospitalization, and perioperative complications. RESULTS: The mean age of all patients was 42.4±9.1 years. The mean total volume of drainage was 195.4±70.9 mL, and the duration of postoperative stay was 3.0±1.1 days. Two cases (4.3%) of transient vocal cord palsy and 2 cases (4.3%) of seroma were identified postoperatively. There was no post-operative cosmetic problem at the skin incisions made in the axilla. CONCLUSIONS: Robot-assisted thyroid lobectomy via TAGA is technically feasible while achieving good cosmetic results. TAGA can be an alternative robot-assisted method for thyroidectomy. 2020 Gland Surgery. All rights reserved.
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Thyroidectomy; gas insufflation; remote access; robot-assisted; transaxillary
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