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Robotic Surgery in Pediatric Otolaryngology

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Robotic assisted surgery (RAS) is a form of minimally invasive surgery that is just beginning to be applied to pediatric otolaryngology. Its use was limited in the past largely because of limited access and relatively large instrumentation. The advent of smaller 5 mm instrument heads and experience with different retractors gives us the potential to expand the application of RAS in management of the pediatric airway. In this chapter, we discuss the history of robotic surgery, describe the advantages and disadvantages of robotic procedures, discuss the current instrumentation, and review recent applications in pediatric otolaryngology.

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  1. Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Eelam Adil M.D., M.B.A. & Reza Rahbar D.M.D., M.D.

  2. Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Eelam Adil M.D., M.B.A. & Reza Rahbar D.M.D., M.D.

  3. Tufts University Dental School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Bao Anh Le B.S.

  4. Department of Urology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Hiep T. Nguyen M.D.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Gregory A. Grillone

  2. Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Skullbase Surgery, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Scharukh Jalisi

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Adil, E., Le, B.A., Nguyen, H.T., Rahbar, R. (2015). Robotic Surgery in Pediatric Otolaryngology. In: Grillone, G., Jalisi, S. (eds) Robotic Surgery of the Head and Neck. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1547-7_6

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