Is drain placement necessary in transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy via vestibular approach?
Routine drain placement may not be necessary in TOETVA patients, as omission of drains did not increase complication rates and was associated with shorter hospitalization in our cohort. Prospective multicenter studies are required to validate the optimal criteria for selective drain use.
Authors
- Qing Ai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2739-8261)
- Xiuting Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1722-1259)
- Yujing Weng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4057-938X)
- Jiang Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9092-8301)
- Zhiheng Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9928-1065)
- Bin Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7609-8222)
Institutions
- University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital (CN)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Surgery
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-025-03310-z
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01