Robotic lateral cervical lymph node dissection via bilateral axillo-breast approach for papillary thyroid carcinoma: a single-center experience of 260 cases

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To evaluate the feasibility and safety of robotic lateral cervical lymph node dissection via BABA, 260 thyroid cancer patients with suspected level II, III, IV, and Vb lymph node metastasis were selected. The lateral cervical compartment was exposed by splitting the sternocleidomastoid muscle longitudinally, and separating between the strap muscles and the anterior margin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. The procedure was completed in 260 patients. Mean time for robotic lateral node dissection took 80 ± 21 min. The wound catheter was removed 6.3 days. Postoperative transient symptomatic hypocalcemia was observed in 51 patients, transient hoarseness in three, seroma in three, chyle leakage in two, and tracheal injury in one. 124 patients were confirmed to have lymph node metastasis on final pathological report. Average postoperative hospital stay was 6.5 days. Robotic lateral neck dissection by BABA is the acceptable operative alternative for thyroid cancer patients who wished to keep their surgical history private.

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He, Q., Zhu, J., Zhuang, D., Fan, Z., Zheng, L., Zhou, P., … Li, D. (2020). Robotic lateral cervical lymph node dissection via bilateral axillo-breast approach for papillary thyroid carcinoma: a single-center experience of 260 cases. Journal of Robotic Surgery, 14(2), 317–323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-019-00986-3

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