Color Atlas of Thyroid Surgery: Open Endoscopic and Robotic Procedures

Color Atlas of Thyroid Surgery: Open, Endoscopic and Robotic Procedures


This color atlas is a detailed guide on how to perform open, endoscopic, and robotic thyroidectomy techniques safely
and effectively. Each chapter offers step-by-step descriptions of essential surgical procedures and techniques.
Relevant information is included on surgical anatomy, and clear guidance is provided on preoperative set-up, draping,
instrumentation, and complications and their treatment. The description of endoscopic thyroidectomy techniques focuses
on the bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA), while in the case of robotic thyroidectomy both BABA and the bilateral
axillo-postauricular approach are described. In each case, the evidence supporting the technique is carefully
examined. In the closing chapter, the role of new energy sources in thyroid surgery is discussed. The lucid text is
supported by more than 200 full-color illustrations clarifying surgical anatomy, instrumentation, and procedures, and
surgical video clips are also available to readers via a website. This atlas will be invaluable in enabling surgeons to
achieve optimal outcomes when performing thyroid surgery.

Table of Contents




I. Surgical Anatomy of the Thyroid Gland.
- 1. The Thyroid Gland.
- 2. Vasculature of the Thyroid Gland.
- 3. Nerves.
- 4. Parathyroid glands.
- 5. Lymphatic Drainage.

- II. Open Thyroidectomy.
- 1. Basic Equipment and Instruments of Open Thyroidectomy.
- 2. Patient Preparation.
- 3. Procedures of Open Thyroidectomy.
- 4. Postoperative Care.

- III. Endoscopic Thyroidectomy: Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach (BABA).
- 1. Basic Equipment and Instruments of Endoscopic Thyroidectomy.
- 2. Patient Selection: Indications and Contraindications.
- 3. Procedures of Endoscopic Thyroidectomy with Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach.
- 4. Postoperative Care.
- 5. Complications and Their Treatment.
- 6. Comparison between Open and Endoscopic Thyroidectomy.

- IV. Robotic Thyroidectomy: Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach (BABA).
- 1. Basic Equipment and Instruments of Robotic Thyroidectomy.
- 2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Robotic Surgery.
- 3. Patient Selection: Indications and Contraindications.
- 4. Procedures of Robotic Thyroidectomy with Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach.
- 5. Postoperative Care.
- 6. Complications and Their Treatment.
- 7. Comparison between Endoscopic and Robotic Thyroidectomy.

- V. Robotic Thyroidectomy: Bilateral Axillo-Postauricular Approach (BAPA).

- VI. New Energy Sources In Surgery.​