June Young Choi

BABA RoT yields good postoperative outcomes. With excellent cosmetic outcomes, this technique may be a suitable alternative for patients with thyroid diseases.

We adopted a vision-based tracking system for augmented reality (AR), and evaluated whether it helped surgeons to localize the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) during robotic thyroid surgery. We constructed an AR image of the trachea, common carotid artery, and RLN using CT images. During surgery, an AR image of the trachea and common carotid artery were overlaid on the physical structures after they were exposed. The vision-based tracking system was activated so that the AR image of the RLN foll

Bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) robotic thyroidectomy has been performed since 2008, and the indications of the BABA robotic operation has been widened to the robotic modified radical neck dissection (MRND). The indication for BABA robotic MRND is suspicious lateral neck metastasis of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma, and the contraindication is far advanced carcinoma such as encasement of common carotid artery. Surgical procedures start from flap formation as a routine BABA robotic

Both ET and RT can be safe and effective methods to treat thyroid diseases. However, the application of robotic system may help to overcome the limitations of the instruments and surgeon's skills.

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the time trends of surgical outcomes in patients who underwent bilateral axillo-breast approach robotic thyroidectomy (BABA RT) over the last 14 years. METHODS: From February 2008 to September 2021, we conducted a retrospective medical chart review of 5,011 consecutive patients who underwent BABA RT at three Seoul National University-affiliated hospitals. The patients were divided into three groups based on the main model of the da Vinci robotic surgic

OBJECTIVE: The study sought to develop a clinical decision support system (CDSS) for the treatment of thyroid nodules, using a mind map and iterative decision tree (IDT) approach to the integration of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thyroid nodule CPGs of the American Thyroid Association and Korean Thyroid Association were analyzed by endocrine surgeons (domain experts) and computer scientists. Clinical knowledge from the CPGs was expressed using mind maps. The mind m

The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between vitamin D receptor gene ( VDR ) expression and prognostic factors in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). mRNA sequencing and somatic mutation data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) were analyzed. VDR mRNA expression was compared to clinicopathologic variables by linear regression. Tree-based classification was applied to find cutoff and patients were split into low and high VDR group. Logistic regression, Kaplan–Meier analysis, diffe

BACKGROUND: Saving the parathyroid gland during thyroidectomy remains challenging. Subcapsular saline injection (SCASI) was developed in February 2015. Its ability to spare the parathyroid gland was assessed. METHODS: All consecutive patients who underwent total thyroidectomy with or without neck lymph node dissection in 2013-2015 were included in this retrospective cohort study. Patients were divided into the SCASI and non-SCASI groups. Serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels were measured on da

BACKGROUND: Clinical trials on bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) thyroidectomy show that levobupivacaine and ropivacaine significantly reduce postoperative pain, but they focused on BABA robotic thyroidectomy only and did not identify specific sites of significant pain relief. Our objective was to assess the pain reduction at various sites and safety of ropivacaine-epinephrine flap injection in BABA thyroidectomy. METHODS: This prospective double-blinded randomized controlled trial was con

OBJECTIVE: Mutations in the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter have been reported as a convincing prognostic factor in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs). We aimed to investigate the frequency of TERT promoter mutations in patients with thyroid cancer and identify the clinicopathological factors associated with them in PTCs. DESIGN: A total of 1086 consecutive cases of thyroid cancer composed of mostly PTCs were included in this study. TERT promoter and BRAF mutations were detecte

Background and Objectives: Robotic thyroidectomy via the bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA), first introduced in Korea in 2008, has become a standard method of thyroid removal worldwide. The introduction of robotic surgical systems has enabled more patients to benefit from BABA robotic thyroidectomy, with good postoperative and excellent cosmetic results. To date, no studies have compared the benefits of the four currently available da Vinci robotic systems (S, Si, X, and Xi) for BABA robot