1. Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Kaohsiung Taiwan
2. Department of Biological Science and Technology National Chiao Tung University Taiwan
3. Division for Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “Gaetano Barresi” University Hospital G. Martino, University of Messina Messina Italy
4. Department of Surgery, KUMC Thyroid Center Korea University College of Medicine Seoul South Korea
5. Department of Surgery Seoul Metropolitan Government‐Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center Seoul South Korea
6. Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Kaohsiung Taiwan
7. School of Medicine College of Medicine, I‐Shou University Kaohsiung Taiwan
8. Department of Otolaryngology E‐Da Hospital Kaohsiung Taiwan
9. Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, and Cohort Research Center Kaohsiung Medical University Shin‐Chuan 1st Road Kaohsiung Sanmin Dist. 80708 Taiwan