Transoral robotic surgery: supraglottic partial laryngectomy.
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol
; 116(1): 19-23, 2007 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17305273
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
We assessed the feasibility of performing transoral supraglottic partial laryngectomy with robotic instrumentation.METHODS:
Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) was performed on 3 human patients with supraglottic carcinoma in a prospective human trial. The study was approved by our institutional review board and involved the da Vinci Surgical Robot (Intuitive Surgical, Inc, Sunnyvale, California).RESULTS:
All procedures were completed robotically. The median overall operation time to perform the robotic procedure was 120 minutes (range, 13248 to 25818), including 18 minutes (range, 00607 to 003039) for exposure and robotic positioning. There were no intraoperative or postoperative complications or surgical mortality.CONCLUSIONS:
The preliminary results of our series suggest that application of the da Vinci robotic surgical system for TORS to supraglottic partial laryngectomy is technically feasible and relatively safe. Furthermore, TORS provides excellent surgical exposure that allows complete tumor resection. Most importantly, TORS provides an alternative to open approaches and "conventional" transoral supraglottic partial laryngectomy.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Robotics
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Laryngectomy
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States