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Methods: From September 2016 to January 2022, we retrospectively compared patient characteristics and clinical features from 100 TORT cases and 300 TOETVA cases, as well as their respective learning curves. Results: Median operation time of TORT was 80.4 min, similar to TOETVA (81.4 min, p = 0.719). Median docking time of TORT was 4.51 min and median console time was 27.72 min. The length of stay of TORT and TOETVA was 2.29 and 2.54 (p = 0.002). The median number of retrieved central lymph nodes for TOETVA and TORT were 2.89 and 2.99 (p = 0.746). Discussion: There was no significant difference with clinical features between TORT and TOETVA.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cancers18020238","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,13]],"date-time":"2026-01-13T08:17:32Z","timestamp":1768292252000},"page":"238","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Comparison of Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy and Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy via Vestibular Approach Using an Endoscopic Retractor: A Single-Center Experience"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4727-3028","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jun Sung","family":"Lee","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Thyroid Cancer Center, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Institute of Refractory Thyroid Cancer, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 06263, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2708-0755","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mun Chae","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, The Research Institute for Transplantation, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-5742-2339","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nam Kyung","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Thyroid Cancer Center, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Institute of Refractory Thyroid Cancer, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 06263, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6004-0782","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hyeok Jun","family":"Yun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Thyroid Cancer Center, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Institute of Refractory Thyroid Cancer, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 06263, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8070-0573","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Seok-Mo","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Thyroid Cancer Center, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Institute of Refractory Thyroid Cancer, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 06263, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8234-8718","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yong Sang","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Thyroid Cancer Center, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Institute of Refractory Thyroid Cancer, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 06263, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hang-Seok","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Thyroid Cancer Center, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Institute of Refractory Thyroid Cancer, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 06263, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"875","DOI":"10.1002\/bjs.1800830656","article-title":"Endoscopic subtotal parathyroidectomy in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism","volume":"83","author":"Gagner","year":"1996","journal-title":"Br. 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