Table 2 Indication and exclusion for surgery
From: Robotic thyroidectomy versus endoscopic thyroidectomy: a meta-analysis
Trial | Indication for surgery | Exclusion criteria | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yoo HH et al. | Benign thyroid nodules | Nodule > 40 mm diameter |
Potentially thyroid nodules | Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer | ||
Lateral lymph-node metastasis | |||
Distant metastasis | |||
Invasion to adjacent organs | |||
2 | Tae K et al. | Benign thyroid nodules | Nodule > 50 mm diameter |
Follicular neoplasm | Nodule > 50 mm diameter | ||
Differentiated thyroid carcinoma | Nodule > 10 mm diameter | ||
Cervical lymph-node metastasis | |||
No single | |||
3 | Lee S et al. | Well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma | Multiple lateral cervical lymph-node metastases |
Distant metastasis | |||
Invasion to adjacent organs | |||
Location in the thyroid dorsal area | |||
4 | Lee J et al. | Follicular neoplasm | Nodule > 50 mm diameter |
Differentiated thyroid carcinoma | Nodule > 30 mm diameter | ||
Multiple lateral cervical lymph- metastases | |||
Distant metastasis | |||
Invasion to adjacent organs | |||
Previous neck surgery | |||
Severe Graves’ disease | |||
Location in the thyroid dorsal area | |||
5 | Lang BHH et al. | Benign thyroid nodules | Nodule > 40 mm diameter |
Potentially thyroid nodules | Nodule > 20 mm diameter | ||
6 | Kim WW et al. | Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma | Nodule > 10 mm diameter |
Central cervical lymph- node metastases | |||
Distant metastasis | |||
Invasion to adjacent organs | |||
Severe thyroiditis |