Minimal access thyroid surgery in children: A retrospective study and literature review


https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2017.6398
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017)
Published: October 13, 2017
Minimal access surgery, Lobectomy, Thyroidectomy, Thyroid neoplasm, Pediatrics
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  • Francis Lee Princess Margaret Hospital, Subiaco, WA, Australia.
  • Jennifer F. Ha
    jennha@med.umich.edu
    Princess Margaret Hospital, Subiaco, WA; University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia; C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
  • Francis J. Lannigan Princess Margaret Hospital, Subiaco, WA; University of Western Australia, Perth, WA; University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, WA, Australia, Australia.
Minimal access thyroid surgery (MATS) is a technique whereby a part of or whole of a thyroid lobe is removed through a small (3-4 cm) neck incision. Its use in the surgical management of thyroid disease in children has not been well elucidated. We present a retrospective case study of 12 patients over the period of 2007 to 2010 to assess the feasibility of MATS in the management of thyroid disease. Minimal access thyroid surgery is a safe and feasible approach for hemithyroidectomy/lobectomy in selected patients. There were no associated adverse events, complications or disease recurrence. We also reviewed the literature and discussed the use of MATS as a routine procedure in selected pediatric patients.

Francis Lee, Princess Margaret Hospital, Subiaco, WA
ENT trainee
Jennifer F. Ha, Princess Margaret Hospital, Subiaco, WA; University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia; C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
Paediatrics ENT Fellow
Francis J. Lannigan, Princess Margaret Hospital, Subiaco, WA; University of Western Australia, Perth, WA; University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, WA, Australia
Clinical Professor of Paediatrics ENT

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Lee, F., Ha, J. F., & Lannigan, F. J. (2017). Minimal access thyroid surgery in children: A retrospective study and literature review. Surgical Techniques Development, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/std.2017.6398

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