Review Article
Robotic Surgery in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery: A Review
Table 2
Major clinical series in robot-assisted thyroidectomy.
| | Authors | Subjects (no.) | Thyroidectomy type | Technique and approach | Operation time (min) | Tumor average size (cm) | Average hospital stay (days) | Complications (%) |
| | Lee et al. [56] | 15 | Total = 14
Partial = 1 | Bilateral axillo-breast with C02 insufflation | 218 | <1 | 3.5 | NR | | Kang et al. [51] | 338 | Total = 104
Partial = 234 | Gasless transaxillary | 144 | 0.8 | 3.3 | Transient Hypocalcaemia = 41.3%
transient RLN paresis = 3.8%
Seroma formation = 1.7%
permanent RLN injury = 0.8%
hematoma formation = 0.6%
horner’s syndrome = 0.2%
Transient brachial plexus neuropraxia = 0.2% | | Tae et al. [55] | 41 | Total = 10
Partial = 31 | Gasless axillo-breast and axillary | 179 | 1.63 | 6.4 | Transient hypocalcaemia = 20%
seroma formation = 4.9%
transient RLN paresis = 2.4% | | Lee et al. [54] | 1043 | Total = 366
Partial = 677 | Gasless transaxillary | 132 | 0.8 | 2.9 | Transient hypocalcaemia = 18.4%
transient RLN paresis = 4.3%
seroma formation = 2%
chyle leakage = 1.2%
permanent RLN injury = 0.5%
hematoma formation = 0.5%
tracheal injury = 0.3%
transient brachial plexus neuropraxia = 0.3%
horner’s syndrome = 0.1% | | Lee et al. [58] | 580 | Total = 135
Partial = 445 | Gasless transaxillary | 126 (partial) 151 (total) | 0.58 | 3.3 | Transient hypocalcaemia = 37.8%
transient hoarseness = 3.3%
permanent RLN injury = 0.7%
seroma formation = 2.9%
hematoma formation = 0.5%
tracheal injury = 0.3%
traction injury of ipsilateral arm = 0.2% |
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RLN, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve; NR, not reported.
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