Surgical Tech.

Starting the operation with the minimal approach method developed by Prof. Dr. Mete Düren which involves a 2.5-cm lateral incision

Removal of the nodule through the incision together with the thyroid lobe

Just before the patient leaves the operating room

Just before the patient leaves the operating room

Just before the patient leaves the operating room

Appearance of the scar one week after the operation

Appearance of the scar 12 months after the operation

A patient undergoing minimally invasive thyroid surgery with a 2.5-cm central incision

Complete removal of the left and right thyroid lobes through the incision

After the incision is stitched

Just before the patient leaves the operating room. A drain is not inserted into the neck which enables patients to have a bath the day they are discharged


Just before the patient leaves the operating room

Just before the patient leaves the operating room

Temporary redness and swelling of the wound 10 days after the operation

Appearance of the scar 6 months after the operation

6 months after the operation

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A close-up of the scar in another patient 6 months after the operation

6 months after the operation

6 months after the operation