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ASIAN JOURNAL OF ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 275-278Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ases.12847
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endoscopic thyroidectomy; follicular lymphoma of the thyroid gland; reoperation
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TET is a newly established surgical approach that can avoid scarring in the neck and is suitable for specific cases. This case demonstrates that TET provides superior cosmetic outcomes and can be considered for reoperation.
Remote-access total endoscopic thyroidectomy (TET) is a recently established approach that can avoid producing scars in the neck. There are no clear surgical indications for TET for benign nodules or for malignant tumors at present. We report a successful TET in a 50-year-old Japanese woman with follicular lymphoma of the thyroid gland after an open neck biopsy. She had been referred to us with a neck tumor noted 2 months earlier. Because of adhesion, we performed a combined resection of the thyroid and partial right sternohyoid muscle. To the best of our knowledge, there is no other report of a TET performed after open neck surgery. Our patient's case demonstrates that (a) the cosmetic outcome of TET is clearly superior to that of conventional open neck surgery, and (b) a TET can be suitable even for reoperation if carefully selected.
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