Surgeons have performed robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery to remove the thyroid gland without an incision or scar on the patient's neck. Surgeons at the University of Illinois Medical Center ...

September 29, 2009 (Palm Beach, Florida) — The preoperative thyroid lobe volume, as assessed by ultrasound, can be used to determine the appropriate incision length needed for minimally invasive ...

A facelift incision and robotics can help surgeons safely remove a portion of a diseased thyroid from some patients without the characteristic neck scar. Surgeons developed the technique utilizing the ...

An incision about half the length used for traditional surgery works just as well in removing diseased thyroids, researchers have found. This minimally invasive approach is safe, likely speeds wound ...

Length of the incision as a dependent variable was strongly correlated with thyroid volume and neck circumference and weakly correlated with BMI. The duration of the operation was only weakly ...

Guided by surgeons at a console, the da Vinci Surgical System enables access to the thyroid through the armpit, thereby avoiding the hallmark neck incision. Elizabeth Armstrong Moore Elizabeth ...

image: Robots that revolutionized gynecologic and urologic surgery in the past decade now offer the option of removing at least a portion of their diseased thyroid gland without the hallmark neck ...

A new surgical technique for removing diseased thyroids causes less scarring and leads to faster recovery times, according to a recent study. David Terris, MD, who directs the head and neck surgery ...

Scarless transoral thyroidectomy or transoral vestibular approach (TOVA) allows for the safe and total removal of the thyroid or parathyroid glands with absolutely no external scarring to the neck. Of ...

Mar. 23 -- FRIDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- Cosmetic surgery approaches can lead to better aesthetic outcomes for patients having thyroid surgery, researchers report. The thyroid is a small ...

Thyroid cancer surgery involves removing part or all of the thyroid gland to treat cancerous growths. It is the primary treatment for most thyroid cancers. Thyroid cancer develops when cells in the ...

If part of your thyroid needs to be removed in a lobectomy, the remaining gland will likely still be able to fulfill most of the functions of a full thyroid gland. Your thyroid is a small ...