What´s new in PubMed this week
Moore R, Yeung R, Chen W, Zeng Q, Prisman E, Salcudean S. Enabling extracorporeal ultrasound imaging with the da Vinci robot for transoral robotic surgery: a feasibility study. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2024 May 24. doi: 10.1007/s11548-024-03160-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38789882
Cooperation with Biomedical Engineering is paramount. Also mixing techniques. On the way to Augmented Reality (AR), getting more anatomical information in real time might be valuable in several surgical circumstances. We have already seen developments in Canada towards transcervical ultrasound image guidance for transoral robotic surgery. Ultrasound, an “ancient” technology, is still to be exploded in the hands of the Head&Neck Surgeon. People from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver have built an ultrasound probe to be used with the da Vinci robotic arm (the one left when performing TORS).
Molteni G, Bassani S, Arsie AE, Zampieri E, Mannelli G, Orlandi E, Bossi P, De Virgilio A. Role of TORS as De-Escalation Strategy in HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer, What We Need to Know. Healthcare (Basel). 2024 May 14;12(10):1014. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12101014. PMID: 38786424; PMCID: PMC11121063
This is THE hot-topic. We have already discussed it, and contributed to the de-escalation debate.
Chan PLC, Wong EWY, Chan JYK. Robotic Surgery for Head and Neck Tumors: What are the Current Applications? Curr Oncol Rep. 2024 May 23. doi: 10.1007/s11912-024-01546-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38777980.
Jason Chang and colleagues from the Chinese University of Hong review the literature to provide and overview of the current applications of robotic surgery for head and neck tumors. You can also check our updated web.
J Granell. May 25, 2024.