Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy via the vestibular approach (TOETVA) provides excellent cosmetic outcomes but introduces specific anatomical challenges related to the mental nerve. Although the location of the mental foramen has been extensively studied, detailed information regarding the extraosseous course, branching pattern, and layer-based relationships of the mental nerve remains limited....
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Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
No actionable change for audiologists — this surgical anatomy study concerns transoral thyroidectomy and has no relevance to audiology clinical practice.
This study has no meaningful relevance to the audiology field; it appears to have been misrouted to an audiology content pipeline.
- 01Cadaveric study examined extraosseous mental nerve anatomy in Vietnamese specimens.
- 02Focus was on safe incision and trocar placement for transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy.
- 03Findings are specific to head-and-neck surgical anatomy, not audiology.
- 04Results may inform surgical technique for ear-nose-throat (ENT) surgeons performing this procedure.
- 05No audiology-relevant outcomes were measured or reported.
- PMID
- 42778775
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00276-026-04000-y.
- Journal
- Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Fresh-frozen Vietnamese cadaveric specimens
- Intervention
- Anatomical dissection and mapping of extraosseous mental nerve
Primary outcomes
Extraosseous course and branching pattern of the mental nerve; Safe zones for vestibular incisions and trocar placement in transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy