目的：初步探究机器人辅助男性甲状腺切除术的可行性。方法：回顾性分析2015年5月至2017年9月在我院接受机器人辅助甲状腺切除术228例病人的资料,男38例,女190例。比较男、女两组肿瘤大小、手术时间、术中出血量、淋巴结清扫数量、术后并发症发生、术后住院时间以及肿瘤复发情况等。结果：男、女两组肿瘤大小、手术时间、术中出血量、术后住院时间、术后并发症、肿瘤复发差异均无统计学意义。表明男性组机器人辅助甲状腺手术的难度并未明显高于女性组。结论：机器人辅助男性甲状腺手术可行,且安全有效。机器人附属手术系统使男性微创甲状腺手术的难度大大降低。

Objective To explore the feasibility of robotic assisted male thyroidectomy. Methods The data of 228 patients with robotic assisted thyroidectomy in our hospital from May 2015 to September 2017 were analyzed retrospectively. The data of tumor size, operative time, blood loss, amount of lymph node dissection, postoperative complications, hospital stay and tumor recurrence were compared between male group and female group. Results There was no significant diffe-rence in operative time, size of tumor resected, blood loss, hospital stay, postoperative complication and tumor recurrence between male group and female group. It was shown that no significant difficulty was present during robotic assisted thyroid surgery in men when compared with that in women. Conclusions Robotic assisted male thyroidectomy could be safe and effective, which is feasible with profit greatly from the robotic assisted surgical system.