Transoral Neck Surgery

Jonathon O. Russell, MD The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Baltimore, MD, USA William B. Inabnet III, MD, MHA University of Kentucky Department of Surgery Lexington, KY, USA Ralph P. Tufano, MD, MBA The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Baltimore, MD, USA

History and Evolution of Transoral Thyroidectomy Approach.- The Ethics of Novel Surgical Techniques.- Alternative Remote Access Approaches to Endocrine and Neck Surgery.- Patient Selection for Thyroidectomy and Parathyroidectomy Using the Transoral Endoscopic Vestibular Approach.- The Role of Ultrasound in Transoral Endocrine Surgery.- Lobectomy Versus Total Thyroidectomy in Suspicious Malignant Nodules.- Surgical Equipment Supplies, and Set-up for Transoral Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery via the Vestibular Approach.- Transoral Endoscopic Vestibular Approach Technique: Steps, Tips, and Pearls.- Benign Nodules and Goiters.- Transoral Management of Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules.- Transoral Endoscopic Vestibular Approach for Management of Thyroid Malignancies.- Graves' Disease.- Transoral Vestibular Approach Parathyroidectomy: Patient Selection Considerations and Technique.- Special Considerations: Obesity, Reoperation to Transoral Endocrine and Neck Surgery.- Central Neck Dissection forTransoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach.- Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy.- Decision-Making Process in Converting to an Open Approach.- Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Vestibular Approach Complications and Safety: Reporting Objectives and Future Study Design.