Hemostatic Options for Transoral Robotic Surgery of the Pharynx and Base of Tongue.
Surgery with transoral robotic surgery (TORS) offers significant advantages compared with traditional open surgical approaches and potentially minimizes the long-term side effects of organ preservation therapy with chemoradiation. Angled telescopes and wristed instruments allow visualization and access to areas of the pharynx that are difficult to reach with line-of-sight instrumentation. Although the application of TORS in head and neck surgery has expanded considerably, there are still only limited data available on the postoperative complications and their management. As further data become available, it is likely that further risk factors and treatment strategies will become available.
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, 390 Victoria St, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia.
Julia A
JA
Crawford
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt.
Ahmed Yassin
AY
Bahgat
Head and Neck Surgery Center of Florida, 410 Celebration Place, Suite 305, Celebration, FL 34747, USA.
Hilliary N
HN
White
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL 32827, USA. Electronic address: scott.magnuson.md@flhosp.org.
J Scott
JS
Magnuson
D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques; D006801:Humans; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000601:surgery*
Hemostasis; Oropharyngeal malignancy; TORS