手術支援ロボットda Vinci Sの頭頸部外科領域での応用

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Recently, robotic technology in the surgical field has widely spread. However, in the field of head and neck surgery, robotic surgery has been limited because of spatial and technical limitations. The technical and optical advantages of new robotic instruments, da Vinci S system, enable us to perform robotic surgery in the field of head and neck.
Robotic thyroid surgery using robotic surgery has been developed mainly in Korea. In Korea, robotic thyroidectomy using a gasless, transaxillary approach is a common technique. Another feasible approach in head and neck region is transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for mesopharyngeal and midline skull base tumor. This technique has been developed mainly in the United States.