Robotic Head and Neck Surgery: Beyond TORS

Purpose of Review To explore the advances in robotic head and neck surgery (HNS) beyond TORS. Recent Findings Although limited, the current literature corroborates the safety of robotic neck surgery, revealing similar surgical/oncologic outcomes, except longer operative time and superior cosmesis. I...

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Published in:Current oncology reports 2020-09, Vol.22 (9), p.88-88, Article 88
Main Authors: Lira, Renan Bezerra, Kowalski, Luiz Paulo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Endoscopy
Head and neck
Head and Neck Cancers (EY Hanna
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Oncology
Robotic surgery
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Surgery
Thyroid
Thyroid gland
Thyroidectomy
Topical Collection on Head and Neck Cancers
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Summary:Purpose of Review To explore the advances in robotic head and neck surgery (HNS) beyond TORS. Recent Findings Although limited, the current literature corroborates the safety of robotic neck surgery, revealing similar surgical/oncologic outcomes, except longer operative time and superior cosmesis. In most of the remote thyroid approaches, use of robotic-assisted surgery is essential. However, for the recently popularized transoral approach, endoscopic technique has been preferred by most surgeons, due to longer operative time in robotic-assisted technique. On the other hand, retroauricular approach has been considered the standard for comprehensive/selective robotic neck dissections. Summary Robotic technology has an increasing role in HNS. Robotic neck dissection has shown encouraging results, being routinely used in some centers around the globe. Robotic thyroid surgery, although safe when well applied, has lost ground to endoscopic transoral thyroidectomy. In the future, more evolved robotic systems could improve multiple areas of HNS.
ISSN:1523-3790
1534-6269
DOI:10.1007/s11912-020-00950-7