Review Article
Robotic Surgery in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery: A Review
Table 1
Major clinical series in oncologic TORS.
| | Authors | Subjects (no.) | Tumor site/sites approached (no. of patients) | Exclusions due unsuitable access | Blood loss (mL) | Mean surgical time (min) | Average hospital stay (days) | Followup (F/U) time (months) | Ability to swallow | Mean decann-ulation (days) |
| | Boudreaux et al. [32] | 29 | Oral cavity = 2
oropharynx = 19
hypopharynx = 7
larynx = 1 | 3 | 2–150 (mean 51) | 99 | 1–13 (mean 2.9) | 3 | 79% at last F/U | NR | | Moore et al. [8] | 45 | Base of tongue = 26
tonsillar fossa = 19 | 0 | NR | 71 | 1–10 (mean 3.8) | 3–24 | 100% at last F/U | 14 | | Iseli et al. [33] | 54 | Oral cavity = 6
oropharynx = 33
larynx = 12
hypopharynx = 3 | 5 | NR | NR | 1–7 | 2–24 | 83% at mean 12 months F/U | 5 days | | Weinstein et al. [34] | 47 | Base of tongue = 23
tonsil = 23
soft palate = 1 | 3 | 220 (mean) | NR | NR | 26 (mean) | 97.6% at last F/U | 8 days | | White et al. [43] | 89 | Oral cavity = 2
oropharynx = 77
Larynx = 10 | 0 | NR | NR | NR | 26 (mean) | 100% at last F/U | NR |
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NR, not reported.
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