Journal Reviews

Robotic surgery for ventral skull base malignancy

9 October 2017 | | Malignancies, Robotic surgery, Sinonasal, Skull base, Ventral skull base

The use of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in the head and neck area has been shown to be a safe and effective technique, achieving good oncological clearance of the oropharynx, hypopharynx, supraglottis and glottic area. However, robotic surgery for the...

Outcome of TORS to tongue base and epiglottis in patients with OSA intolerant of conventional treatment

1 September 2016 | | Epiglottoplasty, Obstructive sleep apnea, Robotic surgery, Tongue base reduction, Transoral

The use of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in ENT is rather controversial, but the use of robotic surgery for obstructive sleep apneoa (OSA), makes it doubly so. Previous studies on TORS in OSA have been performed with other types of...

In the future there will be robots

1 November 2014 | | ENTA-Skull Base Surgery, ENTA-Head & Neck | Partial pharyngectomy, Robotic surgery, Squamous cell carcinoma, Tonsil cancer, Transoral resection

This edition of review articles encompasses the emerging techniques of robotic surgery, written by international experts from centres that are increasing their repertoire of procedures. The treatment of oropharyngeal cancer is challenging irrespective of modality, as oncological and functional outcomes...