A Prospective Randomized Clinical Study of Minimally Invasive Video-assisted Thyroidectomy for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma.

Background: The purpose of this study was to observe the effectiveness of minimally invasive video-assisted thyroidectomy (MIVAT) in treating papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC).

Methods: A total of 224 patients with PTMC who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected from the Department of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, between January 2017 and December 2019. They were randomized into the MIVAT group or traditional open operation group.

Mechanisms of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury in endoscopic thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma: A large data from China.

Purpose: To investigate the mechanisms of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury during endoscopic thyroidectomy via breast approach (ET-BA) in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).

Methods: The records of 416 PTC patients who underwent ET-BA with intraoperative neural monitoring (IONM) from May 2015 to May 2021 in Beijing Friendship Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University were retrospectively analyzed.

Results: All patients were women.

Oncologic safety and surgical outcomes of the different surgical approaches of endoscopic thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Purpose: To evaluate the oncologic safety and surgical outcomes of endoscopic thyroidectomy (ET) performed via different surgical approaches for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).

Methods: We reviewed the medical records of PTC patients who underwent ET between May 2015 and May 2021, at the Department of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital (affiliated with Capital Medical University). The patients were divided into three groups: the ET via breast approach (ETBA) group, the transoral ET vestibular approach (TOETVA) group, and the ET via transaxillary approach (ETTA) group.

Impact of changing treatment strategy based on circulating tumor cells on postoperative survival of breast cancer.

Background: We sought to explore the impact of changing treatment strategy based on circulating tumor cells (CTC) on postoperative survival of breast cancer.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed records of patients who underwent surgery for early-stage breast cancer at Beijing Friendship Hospital from January 2016 to January 2018 and regularly underwent CTC examination after surgery. During the regular examination and CTC monitoring, the patients with positive CTC results and without distant metastasis had their treatment regimen changed.

Hypoparathyroidism Risk After Total Endoscopic Thyroidectomy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Comparison of the Transoral Vestibular and Breast Approaches.

Background: This study aimed to compare the risk of hypoparathyroidism between the transoral vestibular approach (TOVA) and the breast approach (BA) in patients undergoing total endoscopic thyroidectomy (TET) for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).

Methods: The medical records of 121 PTC patients (all women) who underwent total TET from January 2015 to January 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were grouped according to surgical approach (BA or TOVA).

A short-term non-randomized controlled study of ultrasound-guided microwave ablation and parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism.

Background: To compare the short-term clinical outcomes of ultrasound-guided microwave ablation (MWA) and parathyroidectomy (PTX) for severe secondary hyperparathyroidism(SHPT).

Methods: In a prospective multi-center study, we compared the outcomes of MWA and PTX for severe SHPT. The outcome measures were case rate of successful treatment, improvement of clinical symptoms, incidence of complications, and differences in treatment parameters and costs between the two groups.

Microwave ablation versus parathyroidectomy for severe secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients on hemodialysis: a retrospective multicenter study.

Background: Microwave ablation is effective for severe secondary hyperparathyroidism, but the difference in efficacy between microwave ablation and parathyroidectomy remains unclear. In this multicenter retrospective cohort study, we compared the long-term clinical efficacy of microwave ablation and parathyroidectomy for severe secondary hyperparathyroidism undergoing hemodialysis.

Materials And Methods: The patients were divided into microwave ablation and parathyroidectomy groups.

Learning Curve for Using Intraoperative Neural Monitoring Technology of Thyroid Cancer.

We investigated the learning curve for using intraoperative neural monitoring technology in thyroid cancer, with a view to reducing recurrent laryngeal nerve injury complications. Radical or combined radical surgery for thyroid cancer was performed in 82 patients with thyroid cancer and 147 recurrent laryngeal nerves were dissected. Intraoperative neural monitoring technology was applied and the "four-step method" used to monitor recurrent laryngeal nerve function.

Microwave ablation compared to thyroidectomy to treat benign thyroid nodules.

Objective: Benign thyroid nodules occur commonly but only require treatment when symptomatic. Surgical treatment, once routine, has been replaced by newer technologies, such as microwave ablation (MWA). The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy, tolerability and cost of MWA compared to surgery to treat benign thyroid nodules.

Preliminary results for treatment of early stage breast cancer with endoscopic subcutaneous mastectomy combined with endoscopic sentinel lymph node biopsy in China.

Background And Objectives: To evaluate efficacy and aesthetic outcome for combined endoscopic subcutaneous mastectomy (E-SM) and endoscopic sentinel lymph node biopsy (E-SLNB) in early stage breast cancer patients.

Methods: Combined E-SM+E-SLNB was compared to modified radical resection in a cohort of Chinese patients (n = 49) with stages I and II breast cancer. Patient satisfaction with the aesthetic results was assessed 1 year after surgery with a 5-item-by-4-step scoring system for evaluating cosmetic outcomes.

[Clinical and pathological features of operable breast cancer in women over 65 years].

Objective: To study the clinical and pathological characteristics of operable breast cancer in women over 65 years.

Methods: The data of 95 patients treated from February 2003 to February 2005 were collected, and the clinicopathological characteristics were retrospectively analyzed.

Results: These 95 patients accounted for 26.