Main description:

Robotic Surgery in Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery demonstrates the advantages of robotic surgery, providing guidance on accessing parts of the head and neck which are difficult to visualise, and are manually inaccessible to the surgeon.

The book is divided into thirteen chapters across four sections. The first section covers transoral robotic surgery (TORS), a procedure to remove oral cancers whereby a surgeon uses a sophisticated, computer-enhanced system to guide the surgical tools (mayoclinic.org). The second section provides information on robotic thyroid surgery. The third section covers head and neck reconstruction using TORS and the final section discusses forms of robotic surgery currently in development.

Robotic Surgery in Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery is a forward-thinking book, written by leading practitioners and edited by US based specialist Nilesh R Vasan from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Centre. With nearly 200 full colour images and illustrations, including many diagrams, this is an invaluable guide to current and future technologies in robotic surgery for otolaryngologists, and head and neck surgeons.

Key Points

Guide to robotic surgery in head and neck surgery
Describes robotic procedures currently in development
Nearly 200 full colour images and illustrations
Edited by US-based specialist Nilesh R Vasan at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Centre

Contents:

Section 1: Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS)

Transoral Robotic Surgery for Tonsil Cancer
Transoral Robotic Surgery for Base of Tongue Tumours
Transoral Robotic Surgery-Hypopharynx
Transoral Robotic Supraglottic Laryngectomy (TORS-SGL)
Transoral Robotic Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Section 2: Thyroid

Transaxillary Robotic Thyroidectomy
Robotic Thyroidectomy for American (Western) Patients
Robotic Thyroidectomy-Facelift Approach

Section 3: Head and Neck Reconstruction

Transoral Robotic Surgery in Head and Neck Reconstruction

Section 4: Robotic Procedures in Evolution

Robot-Assisted Neck Dissection Via a Modified Facelift or Retroauricular Approach
Robotic Assisted Skull Base Surgery
Robotic-Assisted Surgery for Nasopharyngeal Tumours
Robotic-Assisted Temporal Bone/Ear Surgery

Index