Patient stories and videos

Stories and videos about transoral thyroid and parathyroid surgery, as first published by the sources named. Each person's experience is their own and results vary.

Videos

Video: UChicago Medicine, YouTube

Video: Ivanhoe Web, YouTube

Video: Richard Harding, MD, FACS, YouTube

Video: Baptist Health South Florida, YouTube

Video: KSAT 12 News, YouTube

Video: UHN Foundation, YouTube

Animation: Johns Hopkins Medicine, YouTube (shows the robotic version)

Patient stories

Sheri

Transoral thyroid surgery for a small thyroid cancer.

Source: University of Chicago Medicine

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Suzette and Sonia

Two patients share their experience with transoral thyroid surgery.

Source: New Haven Register

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Melanie

Transoral thyroid surgery for an early thyroid cancer.

Source: Hoag

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Michelle

Half of her thyroid removed through the mouth; back at work within a week.

Source: Weill Cornell Medicine

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Lynette

Transoral parathyroid surgery to avoid a visible neck scar.

Source: Baptist Health South Florida

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Karina

Transoral thyroid surgery for a small thyroid cancer; home the next day.

Source: Stanford Medicine

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Tierra

Chose transoral surgery for a large thyroid cyst because she scars easily.

Source: Weill Cornell Medicine

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Patrik

One of the first UK patients to have transoral surgery for thyroid cancer.

Source: British Thyroid Foundation

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Mary

A professor with Graves' disease who had her thyroid removed through the mouth.

Source: WNDU 16

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Sangita

A TV host who chose transoral surgery for thyroid cancer to protect her voice.

Source: UHN Foundation

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Tracy

Transoral parathyroid surgery.

Source: TMC News

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Socorro

A neonatal nurse who chose transoral surgery for thyroid cancer.

Source: Weill Cornell Medicine

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Rita

Transoral surgery for a nodule that made swallowing hard.

Source: UCSF Fresno

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Michelle M.

An honest account of a slower recovery after a large nodule was removed.

Source: SingHealth

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Caitlin

A singer back on stage after a transoral variant that leaves a small scar under the chin.

Source: NYU Langone Health

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