关键词: 腔镜, 甲状腺切除术, 颈淋巴结清扫, 机器人辅助

Abstract:

Status and controversies of endoscope thyroidectomy in thyroid cancer        FAN Lin-jun, JIANG Jun. Breast Center, Southwest Hospital, the Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038，China
Corresponding author：JIANG Jun, E-mail：jcbd@medmail.com.cn
Abstract    The application of endoscope thyroid surgery including thyroidectomy and neck lymph node dissection increases in thyroid cancer today, which could radically remove the disease at most extent and preserve the neck appearance in the meanwhile. There are controversies on indications, effectiveness and no-touch principle of endoscope surgery in thyroid cancer. The robot-assisted system enlarged the applicable range of endoscope surgery in thyroid cancer. It is necessary to select the suitable indications and operation range and to prevent excessus treatment.

Key words: endoscope, thyroidectomy, neck lymph node dissection, robot-assisted