Transoral thyroidectomy via vestibular approach has gained increasing acceptance due to its excellent cosmetic outcomes. Transoral robotic thyroidectomy (TORT) represents a further technical evolution, potentially offering enhanced options of instrument movement and visualization. However, no reports from Europe were yet published....
No actionable change for audiologists; this is a surgical case report in thyroid surgery with no direct relevance to audiology or hearing care practice.
While transoral robotic thyroid surgery is a cosmetic advance in head-and-neck surgery, it has no meaningful connection to audiology clinical practice.
- 01Case report from a European tertiary center describing transoral robotic thyroid surgery via the vestibular (mouth) approach.
- 02Primary reported benefits are cosmetic: no visible neck scar.
- 03Published in Journal of Surgical Case Reports — low evidence level (single case series).
- 04No audiological or hearing-related content; inclusion in audiology news feed appears to be an indexing anomaly.
- 05Not relevant to hearing care professionals or patients with hearing loss.
Transoral robotic thyroid surgery via the vestibular approach achieves acceptable cosmetic and surgical outcomes in a European tertiary setting.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42465560
- DOI
- 10.1093/jscr/rjag595.
- Journal
- Journal of Surgical Case Reports
- Publication type
- case_report
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Patients undergoing transoral robotic thyroid surgery at a European tertiary center
- Intervention
- Transoral robotic thyroid surgery via vestibular approach
Primary outcomes
Cosmetic outcomes (absence of visible neck scar); Surgical outcomes and safety