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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and feasibility of the preoperative injection of CNs in TOETVA for papillary thyroid cancer.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>From October 2021 to October 2022, a total of 53 consecutive patients with PTC were retrospectively analyzed. All patients underwent unilateral thyroidectomy <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic> the TOETVA. The patients were divided into the preoperative group (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 28) and the intraoperative group (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 25) according to CN injection time. In the preoperative group, 0.2\u00a0ml of CNs were injected into the thyroid lobules with malignant nodules 1\u00a0h before surgery. The numbers of total central lymph node (CLN) and metastatic central lymph node (CLNM), parathyroid autotransplantation, accidental removal of the parathyroid, and the parathyroid hormone level were recorded and analyzed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The leakage of CNs happened more frequently in the intraoperative group than in the preoperative group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.002). The mean number of retrieved CLN and CLNM was similar in the preoperative group and the intraoperative group. In parathyroid protection, more parathyroid was discovered in the preoperative group than in the intraoperative group (1.57 \u00b1 0.54 <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic>. 1.47 \u00b1 0.50, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.002), but less parathyroid autotransplantation (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.004) and accidental removal of the parathyroid (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.036) were discovered in the preoperative group. However, the PTH level between the two groups was similar after the first day and the first month.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The preoperative injection of CNs is a safe and effective method to protect the parathyroid glands (PGs) in patients with PTC undergoing TOETVA. 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