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Feasibility of robot-assisted neck dissections via a transaxillary and retroauricular ("TARA") approach in head and neck cancer: preliminary results

Authors
 Won Shik Kim  ;  Hyoung Shin Lee  ;  Sung Mi Kang  ;  Hyun Jun Hong  ;  Yoon Woo Koh  ;  Hye Yeon Lee  ;  Hong-Shik Choi  ;  Eun Chang Choi 
Citation
 ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, Vol.19(3) : 1009-1017, 2012 
Journal Title
ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
ISSN
 1068-9265 
Issue Date
2012
MeSH
Adult ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/surgery* ; Female ; Humans ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mouth Neoplasms/surgery* ; Neck Dissection/methods* ; Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms/surgery* ; Robotics/methods* ; Young Adult
Keywords
Neck Dissection ; Endoscopic Thyroidectomy ; Robotic Thyroidectomy ; Digastric Muscle ; Modify Radical Neck Dissection
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recently, robot-assisted neck dissection in thyroid cancer patients with lateral neck node metastasis has been demonstrated to be feasible. We realized the necessity of technical modification in order to apply robotic system to comprehensive neck dissection for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. This study examined the feasibility and safety of transaxillary and retroauricular ("TARA") approach for robotic neck dissection in patients with head and neck squamous cell cancer.

METHODS: Four human cadaveric dissections were followed by robotic neck dissections in seven patients with oral cavity or laryngopharyngeal cancer through TARA incision.

RESULTS: In all cases, vital structures including major vessels and nerves were preserved. The numbers of retrieved lymph nodes in robotic neck dissections were comparable with those in conventional neck dissections.

CONCLUSIONS: Robotic neck dissection via TARA approach is a feasible and useful method with excellent cosmetic results for treating nodal metastasis in selected cases of head and neck squamous cell cancer.

BACKGROUND: Recently, robot-assisted neck dissection in thyroid cancer patients with lateral neck node metastasis has been demonstrated to be feasible. We realized the necessity of technical modification in order to apply robotic system to comprehensive neck dissection for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. This study examined the feasibility and safety of transaxillary and retroauricular ("TARA") approach for robotic neck dissection in patients with head and neck squamous cell cancer.

METHODS: Four human cadaveric dissections were followed by robotic neck dissections in seven patients with oral cavity or laryngopharyngeal cancer through TARA incision.

RESULTS: In all cases, vital structures including major vessels and nerves were preserved. The numbers of retrieved lymph nodes in robotic neck dissections were comparable with those in conventional neck dissections.

CONCLUSIONS: Robotic neck dissection via TARA approach is a feasible and useful method with excellent cosmetic results for treating nodal metastasis in selected cases of head and neck squamous cell cancer.
Full Text
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1245%2Fs10434-011-2116-2
DOI
22045466
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology (이비인후과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Koh, Yoon Woo(고윤우)
Kim, Won Shik(김원식)
Lee, Hyoung Shin(이형신)
Lee, Hye Yeon(이혜연) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6945-1967
Choi, Eun Chang(최은창)
Hong, Hyun Jun(홍현준) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7808-7877
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/89546
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