Alessia Fassari, Angela Gurrado, Angelo Iossa, Alessandra Micalizzi, Andrea Polistena, Simone Sibio, Daniele Crocetti, Marco Bononi, Mario Testini, Nicola Avenia, Giuseppe Cavallaro
BACKGROUND: Thyroidectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures carried out worldwide and it has evolved in recent years with alternative approaches. With the advent of minimally invasive techniques, the learning curve (LC) concept has become a fundamental "dogma". METHODS: A literature search, according to the PRISMA guidelines, was performed via PubMed (MEDLINE), Scopus, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and Web of Science. Only studies assessing the learning process to thyroidectomy (including hemi- and total thyroidectomy), reporting a minimum of 30 procedures and describing clearly the minimum number of performances required to achieve proficiency and the main evaluation items used to establish it, were included...
July 31, 2023: Gland Surgery