Robot Assisted Surgery Leaves No Visible Scarring

Good news for the 45,000 people who will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer this year and for the many, many more who will find out they have no-cancerous thyroid growths.

There is now a new, high-tch surgical option that leaves no visabe scar after surgery.

OU Medicine is one of the first in the region to offer this new robot-assisted surgical approach and an Edmond music instructor is thankful she was offered this new option.

Specialists at the OU Medical Center say the new robot-assisted aproach has been show to be as effective as traditional thyroid surgery, which requires a large incision in the front of the neck.

Test results reveals Syring's tumor containg cancer cells in the earliest stages fo development.

However, because the tumor was removed so early, no further treatment is needed.