New technologies in ambulatory thyroid surgery

Abstract
New technologies have been proposed and applied in thyroid surgery. For example the mini-invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy proposed and developed by Bellantone and Miccoli.1 x 1 Miccoli, P., Bellantone, R., Mourad, M., Walz, M., Raffaelli, M., and Berti, P. Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy: multiinstitutional experience. World J Surg. 2002; 26: 972–975 Crossref | PubMed | Scopus (180) | Google Scholar See all References The intraoperative monitoring of laryngeal nerves in patients undergoing thyroid surgery is a fascinating new technique.2 x 2 Dralle, H., Sekulla, C., Lorenz, K., Brauckhoff, M., Machens, A., and the German IONM Study Group. Intraoperative monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve in thyroid surgery. World J Surg. 2008; 32: 1358–1366 Crossref | PubMed | Scopus (297) | Google Scholar See all References