... Safety Evidence Unless there is a strong contraindication, the following medication should be administered intravenously at induction: a corticosteroid bolus (to reduce postoperative oedema), prophylactic antibiotics (especially if denuded epiglottic cartilage is anticipated), and proton pump...

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... following a process of surgical evolution from cervicotomy and 4-gland exploration to a variety of minimally invasive, open and endoscopic, targeted approaches. The existing evidence (levels 2–3) supports it as a feasible and safe technique with equivalent results to targeted open parathyroidectomy...

... and culture) compounded by the smaller mean size of thyroid nodules operated on in South Korea due to a national thyroid cancer screening programme. There is now level 2 evidence (including from Western World centres) to support the safety, feasibility, and equivalence of the robotic approach to its open...