Abstract
As partial laryngeal surgery in the 1970s and endoscopic laser surgery in the 1990s, the transoral robotic surgery (TORS), which emerged in 2006, was initiated in an attempt to reduce functional and aesthetic sequela while maintaining oncological efficacy. However, this type of endoscopic surgery involves difficulties associated with the robot-related materials (robot, retractor, laryngoscope, and instrumentation), apprehension of the patients, the exposure of the tumor, and each surgeon’s learning curve. The aim of this chapter is to make an update on robotic surgery for the treatment of cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract, to consider the functional and oncological results, and to see the prospects for development in the coming years.
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Morinière, S. (2016). Transoral Robotic Surgery in Head and Neck Cancer. In: Bernier, J. (eds) Head and Neck Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27601-4_22
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