To identify anatomical and clinical predictors of tunneling time during transoral robotic thyroidectomy via the vestibular approach (TORTVA) and to clarify the potential utility of body habitus-related predictors for case selection.
✦ The floor
Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
No actionable change — this surgical technique study has no relevance to audiology clinical practice.
While outside core audiology, head-and-neck surgical research occasionally informs ENT colleagues who share clinical pathways with audiologists, but this study has minimal crossover relevance.
- 01Study examined predictors of tunneling time in transoral robotic thyroidectomy via the vestibular approach (TORTVA).
- 02Anatomical measurements of the oral cavity and neck were the primary variables analyzed.
- 03Longer tunneling times were associated with specific anatomical configurations.
- 04Study has no direct relevance to hearing health or audiological practice.
- 05Published in a head-and-neck surgical journal (European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology).
Certain anatomical measurements predict tunneling time during transoral robotic thyroidectomy via the vestibular approach.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42618775
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00405-026-10526-z.
- Journal
- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Patients undergoing transoral robotic thyroidectomy via vestibular approach
- Intervention
- Measurement of anatomical and clinical predictors of tunneling time
Primary outcomes
Tunneling time during TORTVA; Association between anatomical measurements and tunneling time