In the past, a drainage tube connected to a negative pressure bottle was drained from the chest wall after lumpectomy, which caused pain and discomfort in addition to irritation and tugging on the wound, and also caused inconvenience to the patient’s life, preventing activities such as turning around and getting up, and affecting the patient’s sleep. In addition, the drainage of bloody fluid from the wound adds to the patient’s psychological burden, and the drainage tube also hinders wound healing and increases the patient’s pain and the surgeon’s workload when it is removed. More surgical experience, skilled surgeons and high-precision surgical equipment have minimized bleeding and other complications, making it possible to not place drains after surgery. The absence of drains reduces intraoperative manipulation and operative time, and also reduces the patient’s postoperative discomfort. Moreover, skin incisions without drains passing through them can be optionally glued, and no stitches need to be removed after surgery. Now, more and more patients undergoing lumpectomy thyroid surgery in our hospital do not need to have drains placed after surgery. Ms. Chen from Yangjiang, Guangdong Province was very surprised after surgery and said, “I thought it would be scary to make an incision around the areola, but after surgery I saw how small the incision was and how well the surgeon stitched it up, so I couldn’t see the scar without looking closely. There were also no drains on my body after the surgery, so I didn’t feel like I was the one who had the surgery at all.” Not placing drains is a major advancement in lumpectomy thyroid surgery, which is still only possible in some cases. It is believed that with the accumulation of experience and advancement in technology, no drain placement without stitch removal will become the new normal for lumpectomy thyroid surgery, benefiting more and more patients.