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Otolaryngology: ENT Surgery
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Journal of Otolaryngology Online Journal | Volume 8
Transoral robotic surgery (TORS): An alternative therapeutic approach in head and neck area
Anatoli Pataridou
Hygeia Hospital, Greece
Robotic surgery has been more recently introduced for
the treatment of benign and malignant diseases of head
and neck area, known as Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS).
The most common indication for benign pathology is sleep
apnea syndrome. TORS has been used for the removal of
laryngeal cancers with the objective to improve functional
and aesthetic outcomes without worsening survival.
Robotic surgery has several advantages:
• Three-dimensional vision
• Stable vision, as the camera is maintained and mobilized
by one of the articulated arms of the robot
• More precise and finer instrument control with greater
freedom of motion in all three dimensions
• Suppression of physiological tremor
Due to these advantages, TORS decreases the number
of tracheotomies, and allows more rapid swallowing
rehabilitation and a shorter length of hospital stay. However,
its disadvantages, mainly high cost amongst others, do not
make robotic surgery the current treatment of choice for
laryngeal tumours; transoral laser surgery is superior in most
cases. TORS is an efficient tool for exposure and resection of
earlystagedtumors,situatedinheadandneckanatomicalsites
with difficult endoscopic access. Nevertheless, the following
aspects of robotic surgery need to be studied: indications
and oncological results in patients treated by TORS. Technical
improvements are expected to the new-generation robots,
in order to expand the use of robotic surgery in the ENT field.
Speaker Biography
Anatoli Pataridou is an eminent physician. She has contributed with complete success
to the intermittent tumor removal from the larynx with the Da Vinci Robotic Surgery
System at Hygeia Hospital. Her clinical and research interest focuses on transient
robotic surgery in the treatment of benign diseases such as obstructive sleep apnea
and malignant mouth-pharyngeal laryngeal conditions in the application of endoscopic
laser CO2in the treatment of benign and malignant oral pharyngeal disorder.
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Anatoli Pataridou, ENT and Stem Cell 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4066/2250-0359-C1-002