Robotic versus Open Thyroidectomy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: An Evidence-Based Review

Table 3

Summary of oncological outcomes in published studies.

First author/year	RT approach	Sample size; (RT versus OT)	Mean number of; central LN retrieved; (RT versus OT)	Mean ablation; sTg (ng/mL); (RT versus OT)
Lee, 2013 [22]	TA	62 : 66	8.1 : 7.9; ( = 0.21)	NR
Ryu, 2013 [23]	TA	45 : 45	5.7 : 7.0; ( = 0.23)	NR
Tae, 2012 [24]	GUAB	75 : 226	4.4 : 7.7; ( < 0.001)	12.7 : 4.9; ( = 0.03)
Lee, 2012 [25]	TA	192 : 266	4.6 : 5.7; ( = 0.004)	NR
Kang, 2012 [26]	TA	56 : 109	6.5 : 8.6; ( = 0.03)	NR
Lee, 2010 [27]	TA	41 : 43	4.4 : 4.3; ( = 0.84)	NR
Tae, 2011 [28]	GUAB	41 : 163	4.7 : 9.6; ( < 0.01)	NR
Kim, 2011 [29]	BABA	69 : 138	4.7 : 4.8; ( = 0.80)	0.8 : 0.8; ( = 0.97)
Yi, 2013 [30]	TA	98 : 423	6.5 : 7.0; ( = 0.57)	26% : 10.6%; ( = 0.001)
Kim, 2015 [31]	BABA	13 : 65	12.8 : 12.7; ( = 0.97)	2.5 : 2.8; ( = NS)
Kwak, 2015 [32]	BABA	206 : 634	5.8 : 8.4; ( = 0.001)	NR
Lee, 2014 [34]	TA	60 : 56	NR	5.3 : 1.6; ( = 0.005)
Tae, 2014 [35]	GUAB	62 : 183	4.1 : 5.4; ( = 0.24)	10.2 : 3.8; ( < 0.001)
Lee, 2014 [36]	TA	43 : 51	4.9 : 6.3; ( = 0.06)	4.4 : 4.1; ( = 0.67)
Kim, 2014 [37]	BABA	123 : 392	8.7 : 10.4; ( = 0.006)	1.3 : 1.1; ( = 0.65)
Lee, 2015 [41]	TA	206 : 206	5.8 : 6.6; ( = 0.10)	NR
Lee, 2011 [42]	BABA	174 : 237	NR	1.4 : 1.2; ( = 0.99)

RT, robotic thyroidectomy; OT, open thyroidectomy; LN, lymph nodes; sTg, thyrotropin-stimulated serum thyroglobulin; TA, transaxillary approach; GUAB, gasless unilateral axillobreast approach; BABA, bilateral axillobreast approach; , value; NS, nonsignificant; NR, not reported. Median (range). Percentage of patients with abnormal ablation sTg (level >2 ng/mL).