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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Oncology Volume 2012, Article ID 734541, 9 pages doi:10.1155/2012/734541 Clinical Study Robotic versus Endoscopic Thyroidectomy for Thyroid Cancers: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Early Postoperative Outcomes and Surgical Learning Curves Jandee Lee,1 Jong Ho Yun,2 Un Jong Choi,3 Sang-Wook Kang,4 Jong Ju Jeong,4 and Woong Youn Chung4 1 Department of Surgery, Eulji University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea 2 Department of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea 3 Department of Surgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, Republic of Korea 4 Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-ku, Seoul 120-752, Republic of Korea Correspondence should be addressed to Woong Youn Chung, ljd0906@ Received 10 July 2012; Accepted 13 October 2012 Academic Editor: Thomas J. Fahey Copyright © 2012 Jandee Lee et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Robotic thyroidectomy is an emerging technique with postoperative outcomes that are at least comparable to those of conventional endoscopic thyroidectomy, with some end-points appearing superior. Our multicenter series represents the largest comparison of robotic and endoscopic thyroidectomy to date, with results suggesting a comparable robot technology we used that could overcome some of the technical limitations associated with conventional endoscopic procedures, with reduced operation times and increased lymph node retrieval. Moreover, we found that the learning curve for robotic thyroidectomy was shorter than that for