Transoral Robotic Surgery for Cancer of the Soft Palate Posterior Surface

Emilien Chebib; Jérôme R Lechien; Younes Chekkoury; Stéphane Hans

doi:10.1177/0145561320977463

Transoral Robotic Surgery for Cancer of the Soft Palate Posterior Surface

Ear Nose Throat J. 2022 Dec;101(10):660-662. doi: 10.1177/0145561320977463. Epub 2020 Dec 2.

Authors

Emilien Chebib^{1

2}, Jérôme R Lechien^{1

2}, Younes Chekkoury^{1

2}, Stéphane Hans^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Robotic Study Group of Young Otolaryngologists of the International Federations of Oto-rhino-laryngological Societies (YO-IFOS), Marseille, France.
² Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 37918Foch Hospital, School of Medicine, UFR Simone Veil, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Paris Saclay University), Paris, France.

PMID: 33263437
DOI: 10.1177/0145561320977463

Abstract

The surgical treatment of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has undergone a considerable evolution, with, among others, transoral robotic surgery (TORS). However, TORS is rarely used for the surgery of soft palate. A 73-year-old man presented a human papilloma virus OSCC of the posterior soft palate. The tumor was resected using TORS. This report describes the surgical technique step by step of the tumor resection. The resection of early stage OSCC of the posterior surface of soft palate is possible through TORS. The procedure is noninvasive, rapid, and seems to be associated with excellent functional outcomes.

Keywords: Da Vinci; cancer; robot; robotic; soft palate; squamous cell carcinoma; surgery; transoral.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Head and Neck Neoplasms*
Humans
Male
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms* / pathology
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms* / surgery
Palate, Soft / pathology
Palate, Soft / surgery
Robotic Surgical Procedures* / methods
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
Treatment Outcome