Surgeons can improve outcomes in endoscopic thyroidectomy by leveraging newly defined surgical planes and landmarks.
- The dissecting triangle between strap muscles and thyroid lobe ensures 100% identification of inferior thyroid vessels and middle thyroid vein.
- The inferior and superior parathyroid glands were located accurately in 92.5% and 90% of cases, respectively.
- Understanding these zones aids in preserving recurrent laryngeal nerves, identified beneath the inferior parathyroid in 85.7% of instances.
Implementing these findings could reduce complications for patients undergoing this minimally invasive procedure.
Journal Article by Li LJ, Zheng XM (…) Qiu M et 4 al. in BMC Surg
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