Author Archives: Jose Granell

 We have just published our 12-year retrospective study, “Epidemiological Trends and Diagnostic Evolution of HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer in a Spanish Tertiary Center”, in Revista ORL (2025). First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge Juan Manuel Granados Sitges, who collected and analyzed the data and led the drafting of the manuscript. This work would notContinue reading “HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Cancer in Spain: Are We Already Above 50%?”

Yesterday, José María Balibrea from Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital visited Rey Juan Carlos University Hospital to present their pioneering robotic emergency surgery program. It was an exceptionally enriching session—strategically valuable not only from a clinical standpoint, but from the perspective of program governance, implementation, and long-term vision. One word from his presentation stayedContinue reading “How the da Vinci helped democratize Minimally Invasive Surgery”

Robotic soft-tissue surgery was never conceived to replace procedures that are already simple, fast, and safe. It was born to solve problems: to facilitate access, and in some cases to make surgery possible, in anatomical regions where minimally invasive approaches were previously unfeasible or particularly complex. As soon as the technology became available, surgeons quiteContinue reading “Why You Should Not Perform a Conventional Tonsillectomy with the da Vinci Robot”

You can now access online medical consultations (chat or video) focused on robotic surgery for head and neck conditions through OpenSalud. This service is designed for patients who: International patients welcome If you are consulting from abroad and require in-person care or robotic surgery, our International Patient Department will assist you with all logistics —Continue reading “headneckroboticsurgery.com – Expert medical advice, now online”

The robotic surgery landscape keeps expanding, and Edge is one of the newest platforms to arrive in Europe — with CE marking granted in October 2025. Its entry into the market confirms something many of us anticipated some time ago: soft-tissue surgical robots are going to be plenty. The real question for each of themContinue reading “Update on the Edge (Robotic Surgery System)”

I recently read a Chinese paper in Frontiers in Oncology (2025, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1709974) on transoral surgery, where the authors include intraoperative images showing a mouth gag / retractor system that I do not recognize. The paper does not describe this retractor in the Methods section, beyond stating the use of standard exposure devices. Therefore, IContinue reading “Chinese MouthGag for TORS”

Robotic-assisted surgery with systems like da Vinci has transformed how surgeons operate, learn, and improve. Beyond enhanced precision and ergonomics, one of the most powerful recent developments is data-driven surgical coaching — a system that uses recorded surgical video and objective performance metrics to help surgeons refine their technique. From Recording to Insight: The BasicsContinue reading “How Surgical Coaching Works with the da Vinci 5 System — Video, Data & AI”

Reflections from the Abex/Intuitive headquarters in Madrid Robotic surgery in head and neck oncology did not begin by chance, nor did it evolve following a generic roadmap designed for other surgical specialties. From the very beginning, it was shaped by the anatomical constraints of the upper aerodigestive tract where the natural minimally invasive access isContinue reading “Yes, of Course We Want a Single Port for Head&Neck Robotic Surgery”

January 28–29, 2027 | Madrid, Spain The next major scientific meeting in Head and Neck Cancer in Spain already has a date—and it is one you should mark on your calendar. On January 28–29, 2027, the FETTCC Scientific Meeting will take place at Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, in Madrid. From the Organizing Committee, weContinue reading “Save the Date: FETTCC Scientific Meeting 2027”