Maxillofac Plast Reconstr Surg.
2017 Sep;39(9):25. 10.1186/s40902-017-0122-4.
Robot-assisted submandibular gland excision via modified facelift incision
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- 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yonsei University, College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea. omsnam@yuhs.ac
- 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2395275
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.1186/s40902-017-0122-4
Abstract
- BACKGROUND
The conventional transcervical resection for submandibular gland disease has some risks and an unsatisfactory cosmetic result. Recently, robot-assisted surgery has been developed as a plausible substitute for conventional surgery which provides an excellent cosmetic outcome.
CASE PRESENTATION
The authors performed robot-assisted sialadenectomy via modified facelift incision using the da Vinci Xi surgical system (Intuitive Surgical Inc., CA, USA) with two endowrist arms (monopolar curved scissors and Maryland bipolar forceps) successfully in a 44-year-old female patient who suffered from sialolith and severe atrophic submandibular gland.
CONCLUSIONS
If similar studies are done in the future, this robot-assisted sialadenectomy may become established as an alternative to existing disadvantageous surgical methods.
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