“…However, the RT implies: -a significantly increased operative time (mean difference=56 minutes), which is known to be a risk factor of surgical-site infections in the thyroid surgery [14], -a significantly longer mean hospital stay, according to a metaanalysis by Lang et al [7], -an increased global cost ($13,087 vs. $9,028) related to the consumables, the maintenance, the duration of the hospital stay and of the operating room occupation [2,15]. Some unusual risks of the RT must be quoted [16]: flap perforation (0.1%), paresthesia and fibrosis along the flap, brachial plexus traction injury (0.1%), great vessels injury at the thoracic outlet (0.03%), tracheal (0.2%) or carotid injury (0.03%), more frequent due to the absence of force feedback, or even disturbance of the interpretation of future mammograms [17].…”