Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical effect of submental three-orifice endoscopic thyroid surgery for thyroid tumors.Methods 72 patients with thyroid tumor from May 2021 to June 2022 were selected. According to the two treatment plans, either the incision group (36 cases) or the endoscopic group (36 cases) were randomly selected. The surgical data, surgical conditions, postoperative complications, postoperative swelling time of the operative area, aesthetic satisfaction and pain score were compared.Results The operation time of endoscopic group was significantly more than that of incision group (P < 0.05). The blood loss, drainage volume of endoscopic group were significantly less than those of incision group, extubation time and hospital stay after operation of endoscopic group were significantly shorter than those of incision group (P < 0.05). No complications such as hoarseness, hypocalcemia and lymphatic leakage occurred in the two groups, but the incidence of incision hematoma in the endoscopic group was lower than that in the incision group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The pain score at 3 and 7 days after surgery of endoscopic group were significantly lower than that of incision group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference at 1 month after operation in pain score between the two groups (P > 0.05). The satisfaction scores of patients on beauty treatment of endoscopic group was significantly higher than that of incision group (P < 0.05).Conclusion Endoscopic surgery for thyroid tumors (submental three-foramen method) is minimally invasive, cosmetic, rapid recovery, safe and feasible. It is worth of clinical application.