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The da Vinci robot (Intuitive Surgical Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA) has been largely applied for the head and neck district. Melder et al. first applied this technique to remove a vallecular cyst in 2005. The first application for a head and neck malignancy was reported by Weinstein et al. at the University of Pennsylvania in 2006. In 2009, FDA approval for its use in the head and neck was granted, and TORS has been adopted throughout the world. TORS has emerged as a conservative alternative to open surgery. It permits access to anatomical regions that would be traditionally approached via pharyngotomy or mandibulotomy. Other advantages include 3D magnified visualization of the pharynx and larynx, tremor filtering of the surgical instruments, and motion scaling.
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Dubey, S.P., Molumi, C.P., Swoboda, H. (2020). Robot Surgery. In: Dubey, S., Molumi, C., Swoboda, H. (eds) Color Atlas of Head and Neck Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29809-8_13
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