A team of head and neck surgeons from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has found robotic surgery can treat hard-to-reach cancer in the larynx, according to a system news release.
The study followed nine patients for up to three years after they underwent transoral robotic surgery to remove supraglottic squamos cell carcinoma, which affects the larynx area above the vocal cords. Results found TORS effectively removed cancer with disease-free margins and was easier to perform than transoral laser microsurgery via laryngoscope.
TORS involves robotic arms that enter the mouth with a thin camera, an arm with a cautery or laser and an arm with a gripping tool. The surgeon operates the tool while viewing the three-dimensional surgical field on a screen from a console.
The study also found TORS patients had minimal trouble after surgery and were able to resume normal eating, swallowing and speaking.
Read the Mayo Clinic release on transoral robotic surgery.
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The study followed nine patients for up to three years after they underwent transoral robotic surgery to remove supraglottic squamos cell carcinoma, which affects the larynx area above the vocal cords. Results found TORS effectively removed cancer with disease-free margins and was easier to perform than transoral laser microsurgery via laryngoscope.
TORS involves robotic arms that enter the mouth with a thin camera, an arm with a cautery or laser and an arm with a gripping tool. The surgeon operates the tool while viewing the three-dimensional surgical field on a screen from a console.
The study also found TORS patients had minimal trouble after surgery and were able to resume normal eating, swallowing and speaking.
Read the Mayo Clinic release on transoral robotic surgery.
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