INTRODUCTION
Thyroid‐Cancer, cancer, deaths, thyroid cancer
SCAR, CANCER, PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA, SCAR, THYROID CANCER
In 2020, out of all cancer combined, newly diagnosed thyroid cancer accounted for 3% and 0.4% of new deaths.The first endoscopic thyroidectomy was performed in 1997 by Huscher.From the patient's point of view, postoperative scar and health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) are essential. Several HRQoL scoring methods have been used to assess patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.The aim of this study is to test whether M‐GTET provides better surgical outcomes than GTET in terms of cosmetic results and HRQoL. For this purpose, we compared the postoperative findings, Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS) and Thyroid‐Cancer Specific Quality of Life Questionnaires of MGTET and GTET.