Neck surgery without visible scars (scarless thyroid surgery and beyond)
Remote Access Neck Surgery started with a cosmetic motivation, but it is already shaping the future of Head&Neck Surgery. Almost every surgical procedure in the Head&Neck (including thyroidectomy, neck dissection…) can be performed through a remote access. Robotic instrumentation has fostered its development.
Updated Dec 2025
Learn the critical historical facts in the development of the Remote Access to the Neck techniques, and the basic four approaches that are used today: superior-medial (transvestibular), superior-lateral (retroauricular), inferior-lateral (axillary), inferior-medial (axillo-breast).
Granell, J., & Lee, K. E. (2019). Remote access thyroid surgery. Revista ORL, 11(2), 179–194. https://doi.org/10.14201/orl.21305
Learn more on each approach bellow.
Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach (BABA)
Transoral- transvestibular Approach
Coming soon.
Retroauricular Approach (facelift)
Coming soon..
APTS
The Asia-Pacific Society of Thyroid Surgery is the most active scientific group pushing the limits of current standards.
Remote Access Project
Trying to push forward the development of Remote Access Head&Neck Surgery in Spain.
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