Review Article

The Role of Transoral Robotic Surgery in the Management of Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Review of the Literature

Table 1

Setup and operative times for TORS.

StudyComplete setup time (minutes)Operative time (minutes)

O’Malley et al. [12] (3 patients)Ave—44Ave—105
Range—38–52Range—91–131
Weinstein et al. [11] (27 patients)Ave—9Ave—103
Range—2–22Range—26–233
Genden et al. [16] (18 patients)Ave—55Ave—84
Range—20–140Range—45–150
Park et al. [27] (5 patients)Ave—19Ave—44
Range—15–25Range—40–50
Moore et al. [14] (45 patients)Ave 1st 10–69Ave—72
Range—54–59Range—45–320
Ave 2nd 35–22Ave—71
Range—14–28Range—6–309
Lawson et al. [19] (24 patients)Ave—24Ave—67
Range—10–60Range—12–180
Aubry et al. [15] (17 patients)Ave—21 Range—10–50Ave—40
Range—10–90

Average operative time: 75