Technology and Tools

Technology & Tools

Expert guides · Written by a board-certified thyroid surgeon

The technology behind thyroid care — from intraoperative nerve monitoring that protects your voice during surgery, to high-frequency ultrasound, to the AI tools ATLAS uses to help you understand your results.

Robotic and Transoral Thyroid Surgery: A “Scarless” Approach and What to Know Before Pursuing It

Robotic and transoral thyroid surgery offer the appeal of no visible neck scar. Understanding what that tradeoff actually involves is…

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Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring: The Technology That Protects Your Voice During Thyroid Surgery

Before you consent to thyroid surgery, there is one question worth asking your surgeon that most patients never think to ask: do you use…

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Parathyroid Detection in the Operating Room: How Advanced Tech Tools Helps Surgeons Protect What You Cannot Afford to Lose

The four parathyroid glands are small enough to mistake for a fat droplet or a lymph node. The technology now available to identify them in…

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High-Frequency Ultrasound: The Most Important Diagnostic Tool in Thyroid Care

No imaging technology has done more to transform thyroid diagnosis and treatment than ultrasound. Understanding why — and what separates…

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Energy Devices and Surgical Glues: The Tools That Make Thyroid Surgery Safer

The instruments a surgeon uses inside the operating room affect what happens outside it: the risk of post-operative bleeding, how long the…

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