Overview
- The operation was performed on November 11 at Krai Clinical Hospital No. 2 and is reported as the first of its kind in Primorsky Krai and among the earliest in the Russian Far East.
- The patient is preparing for discharge and is expected to return to normal activities within 7–10 days.
- Because only one lobe was removed, thyroid hormone replacement is not anticipated as the remaining tissue should maintain function.
- Deputy chief physician for surgery Andrey Merena operated on a patient with nodular goiter and functional autonomy using an axillary-incision endoscopic technique that reduces visible scarring and soft‑tissue trauma while lowering risks to the recurrent laryngeal nerve and parathyroid glands.
- Hospital leaders say they plan to introduce the method for selected indications and make it available to more patients in routine practice.