Is there a minimally invasive surgery for thyroid surgery? What is the difference between normal operation and normal operation? What surgical method is better?

There are two methods of operation. One is the so-called minimally invasive surgery, which is to go in through an opening in the chest and abdomen and reach the thyroid gland in the body for surgery. The other is routine surgery, that is, direct surgery on the neck, that is, the thyroid gland.

If you use the first surgical method, you can't see any surgical traces on the neck, because you can usually cover the opening with a dressing on the chest and abdomen. After the second operation method, there are surgical scars on the neck (especially those with scar constitution), but with the increase of age or neck fat, it can become inconspicuous.

Because the first operation is carried out in vivo, it is easy to clean the diseased part, and the success rate of the operation is not as good as that of the conventional operation. The second routine method, because the surgical site is in the thyroid gland, is an open wound, and the doctor can see the lesion visually, so the success rate is higher.

Personally, I think it's better to use the regular one. Nowadays, many large hospitals do not advocate minimally invasive ones.