Table 1.

Recommended indications for transoral thyroidectomy

Indications for transoral thyroidectomy

Patient history of hypertrophic scarring or motivation to avoid a cervical neck incision

Thyroid diameter ≤ 10 cm

Dominant nodule/tumor ≤ 6 cm if benign or indeterminate pathology, or dominant nodule ≤ 2 cm if Bethesda V/suspicious or confirmed DTC

Benign lesions, multinodular goiter, cytologically indeterminate nodules

Carefully selected patients with Grave’s disease, nodules that are suspicious for malignancy, or DTC

DTC, well differentiated thyroid carcinoma.