PURPOSE: @entity11677 ( @entity11677 ) may cause @entity154 or more @entity73 if left untreated. Our study was designed to examine the potential advantage of endoscopic surgery performed on @entity11677 , especially the ability to completely resect the branches and to affect the cosmetic appearance. @entity1 AND METHODS: Thirty-two @entity1 from Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing, China, diagnosed with @entity11677 were selected. Seventeen @entity1 with @entity11677 underwent traditional Sistrunk's surgery, and 15 @entity1 underwent endoscopic cystectomy. RESULTS: All @entity1 had complete resection and were followed up from 6 months to 4 years. None had a recurrence after endoscopic resection. However, @entity1 in the traditional surgery group had a 5.9% (1/17) rate of recurrence. The incision length was approximately 2.1   cm in the endoscopic group compared with 5.2   cm in the traditional group. The mean time for the endoscopic operation was 97.7 minutes compared with 51.6 minutes in the traditional surgical procedure. The average length of hospital stay was 6.7 days in the endoscopic group compared with 9.7 days in the traditional group. CONCLUSIONS: Endoscope-assisted small-incision thyroglossal duct cystectomy is an efficient method. It causes fewer @entity154 and also decreases operative time. It will likely become the new standard procedure for @entity1 with @entity11677 .

Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Surgery of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'PATIENTS'] @entity154 :: ('MESH:D000013', 'Disease') :: ['cosmetic defects'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['serious impairments'] @entity11677 :: ('MESH:D013955', 'Disease') :: ['Thyroglossal duct cysts', 'TGDCs']
@entity11677 :: (MESH:D013955,Disease) :: ['Thyroglossal Duct Cysts']
