To develop and validate a structured scoring tool (robotic thyroidectomy assessment score, RTAS) for assessing and quantifying surgical performance in robotic thyroidectomy (RT).
Clinical diagnosis of differentiated thyroid cancer with a maximum diameter not exceeding 4 cm
Clinical diagnosis of benign thyroid nodules with a maximum diameter not exceeding 6 cm
Participants with high cosmetic expectations
Participants underwent robotic thyroidectomy without open conversion
Participants with history of neck surgery or radiation
Participants with vocal fold fixation by preoperative fibrolaryngoscope
Participants with preoperative examination suggestive of distant invasion
Participants with fusion or fixed of lymph nodes in the neck
Shanghai 6th People's Hospital
Lead sponsor