Long‐Term Voice Outcomes After Robotic Thyroidectomy

Abstract

Up to 2 years post-operatively, robotic thyroidectomy has advantages in terms of recovery of voice symptoms and acoustic parameters over conventional thyroidectomy.

Oncologic outcomes of robotic thyroidectomy: 5-year experience with propensity score matching

“…In addition, with regard to the postoperative cosmetic satisfaction and functional outcomes, we previously reported that swallowing function, neck discomfort and paresthesia, and overall quality of life (QOL) after robotic thyroidectomy were similar to those after conventional cervical thyroidectomy and that postoperative cosmesis and voice outcomes were better in the robotic group [15][16][17][18][19][20]. Also, we and other authors demonstrated that the surgical completeness of robotic total thyroidectomy by transaxillary approach was comparable to that of conventional thyroidectomy if the procedure was performed in properly selected patients by expert robotic thyroid surgeons [21][22][23].…”

Factors affecting operative time in robotic thyroidectomy

“…However, due to a low threshold of BMI in that study, the mean BMI was 22.0 ± 1.2 Kg/m 2 , even lower than the mean BMI of the 240 patients in our study, which was 23.8 ± 3.9 Kg/m 2 . Nonetheless, most studies from North America report higher BMIs for patients who receive transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy (mean approximately 25.0‐28.7 Kg/m 2 ) than for those in South Korea (mean approximately 22.6‐23.7 Kg/m 2 ) …”

Gasless trans-axillary robotic thyroidectomy: the technique and evidence

“…Robot-assisted transaxillary approach was found to yield better patient outcomes, including reduced pain and increased cosmetic satisfaction (11)(12)(13)(14)(15), postoperative voice change (16), and swallowing discomfort (11,17).…”