Patients treated with MIVAT showed an improvement in incidence of postoperative hypocalcaemia, postoperative pain, postoperative stay, psychophysical recovery and cosmetic result.
The indications to treat related to Thyr 3 and Thyr4 are changed in the two periods. The number of cancer is lower in patients treated with lobectomy. The new guidelines have changed the surgical approach to thyroid nodule.
We think that MIVAT for the right cases is a safe and valid surgical procedure for differentiated thyroid cancer. This technique has a challenging learning curve, and the surgeons must be experts in conventional thyroid surgery.
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