Comparative Study of Robot BABA Approach and Chest Breast Approach for Lateral Neck Dissection
Comparative Study of Robot BABA Approach and Chest Breast Approach for Lateral Neck Dissection
Objective to compare the advantages and disadvantages of robotic and conventional endoscopic
 thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer.
To compare the difference of operative time and complication between two operative methods in
 robot neck surgery and routine endoscopic surgery.
Inclusion Criteria:

 1. papillary thyroid carcinoma with clinically suspected or confirmed lateral lymph node
 metastasis;

 2. patient's concerns of neck scars and cosmetic requirement.

 The exclusion criteria were as follows:

 1) tumor size >4cm; 2) previous neck surgical history； 3）residual or recurrent tumors; 4)
 suspicious primary tumor or metastatic lymph node invasion of major vascular structures or
 recurrent laryngeal nerve.

 5）metastatic lymph nodes occurred below the sternoclavicular joint.