title: Pediatric transoral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal malignancy: a case report.
abstract: The treatment of oropharyngeal malignancy is associated with numerous functional morbidities. Transoral robotic surgery has been used with increased frequency in adult oropharyngeal malignancy. The benefits include decreased surgical morbidity and improved functional outcomes. Use of transoral robotic has been limited in children. This case represents our experience with a 17-month old child who was diagnosed with a high-grade undifferentiated sarcoma of the soft palate. She was able to be successfully treated with transoral robotic surgery as a part of her multimodal therapy, representing the first case of transoral robotic surgery for an oropharyngeal malignancy in a young child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, United States.
authors.forename: Todd M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Wine
authors.forename: Umamaheswar
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Duvvuri
authors.forename: Scott H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.forename: Deepak K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome