With the growing application of the transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA) for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), understanding patient preferences is critical to improving communication and supporting informed decision-making. This study aimed to identify key factors influencing surgical choices.
No actionable change for audiologists — this is a thyroid cancer surgery preference study with no direct relevance to audiology or hearing care.
This article has no meaningful relevance to audiology practice; it relates to surgical decision-making in thyroid oncology.
- 01Discrete choice experiment studying what thyroid cancer patients value in surgical options.
- 02Includes the transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA) — a scarless technique via the mouth.
- 03Patient priorities such as scar avoidance, complication risk, and recovery time were assessed.
- 04No audiology, hearing, or balance relevance.
- 05Published in Frontiers in Endocrinology (2026).
Patient preferences significantly influence the choice between conventional and transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach (TOETVA) for papillary thyroid carcinoma.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42388866
- DOI
- 10.3389/fendo.2026.1705391.
- Journal
- Frontiers in Endocrinology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma considering surgical options
- Intervention
- Discrete choice experiment evaluating patient preferences for thyroid cancer surgical approaches including TOETVA
- Comparator
- Conventional thyroidectomy approaches
Primary outcomes
Key drivers of patient surgical preference; Relative importance of surgical attributes (e.g., scarring, recovery, safety)