TY - JOUR
T1 - Trans-oral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA) for the pediatric population
T2 - a multicenter, large case series
AU - Cohen, Oded
AU - Tufano, Ralph P.
AU - Anuwong, Angkoon
AU - Russell, Jonathon O.
AU - Assadi, Niddal
AU - Dionigi, Gianlorenzo
AU - Kim, Hoon Yub
AU - Bertelli, Antonio
AU - Khafif, Avi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - Introduction: A cervical scar has been shown to have an impact on the quality of life of children undergoing thyroid surgery. Transoral endoscopic vestibular thyroidectomy via the vestibular approach (TOETVA) offers the absence of a cutaneous incision, and has not been described to date in the pediatric population. Objective: To describe the first series of TOETVA in a pediatric population. Patients and methods: A retrospective, multicenter study, including all patients > 18 years old who underwent TOETVA. Data was prospectively collected and included demographics, preoperative ultrasound, cytology and indications for surgery. Intraoperative parameters included length of surgery and complications, with final pathology and postoperative course also reviewed. TOETVA surgical success was defined as completion of surgery via this approach. Results: Forty-eight children were included. Of these, 43 (89.5%) were girls. The median age was 16 years (range 10–17). The most common indication for surgery was a benign thyroid nodule (n = 26, 54.1%). Eleven patients (22.9%) had papillary thyroid carcinoma on final pathology, of which 90.9% (10/11) were diagnosed pre-operatively based on FNA cytology. Hemithyroidectomy was performed in 36 patients (75%). All surgeries were completed endoscopically. The mean malignant tumor size was 1.4 ± 0.4 cm and all tumors were completely excised with clean margins. No permanent complications were documented. A single patient (2.1%) had transient RLN injury (1.6%, 1/60 nerves at risk). Transient hypocalcemia was documented in 4 of the 12 patients undergoing total thyroidectomy (33.3%). Transient mental nerve injury/chin hypoesthesia was documented in 2 patients (4.2%). Conclusions: TOETVA appears to be a feasible and safe approach for thyroidectomy in the pediatric population in carefully selected cases, and may be discussed with patients and parents as an alternative for the trans-cervical approach.
AB - Introduction: A cervical scar has been shown to have an impact on the quality of life of children undergoing thyroid surgery. Transoral endoscopic vestibular thyroidectomy via the vestibular approach (TOETVA) offers the absence of a cutaneous incision, and has not been described to date in the pediatric population. Objective: To describe the first series of TOETVA in a pediatric population. Patients and methods: A retrospective, multicenter study, including all patients > 18 years old who underwent TOETVA. Data was prospectively collected and included demographics, preoperative ultrasound, cytology and indications for surgery. Intraoperative parameters included length of surgery and complications, with final pathology and postoperative course also reviewed. TOETVA surgical success was defined as completion of surgery via this approach. Results: Forty-eight children were included. Of these, 43 (89.5%) were girls. The median age was 16 years (range 10–17). The most common indication for surgery was a benign thyroid nodule (n = 26, 54.1%). Eleven patients (22.9%) had papillary thyroid carcinoma on final pathology, of which 90.9% (10/11) were diagnosed pre-operatively based on FNA cytology. Hemithyroidectomy was performed in 36 patients (75%). All surgeries were completed endoscopically. The mean malignant tumor size was 1.4 ± 0.4 cm and all tumors were completely excised with clean margins. No permanent complications were documented. A single patient (2.1%) had transient RLN injury (1.6%, 1/60 nerves at risk). Transient hypocalcemia was documented in 4 of the 12 patients undergoing total thyroidectomy (33.3%). Transient mental nerve injury/chin hypoesthesia was documented in 2 patients (4.2%). Conclusions: TOETVA appears to be a feasible and safe approach for thyroidectomy in the pediatric population in carefully selected cases, and may be discussed with patients and parents as an alternative for the trans-cervical approach.
KW - TOETVA
KW - pediatric thyroidectomy
KW - scarless thyroid
KW - thyroidectomy
KW - transoral thyroidectomy
KW - vestibular approach
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U2 - 10.1007/s00464-021-08537-4
DO - 10.1007/s00464-021-08537-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 34031742
AN - SCOPUS:85106441302
SN - 0930-2794
VL - 36
SP - 2507
EP - 2513
JO - Surgical endoscopy
JF - Surgical endoscopy
IS - 4
ER -