TY - JOUR
T1 - Robotic surgery in the pediatric airway
T2 - Application and safety
AU - Rahbar, Reza
AU - Ferrari, Lynne R.
AU - Borer, Joseph G.
AU - Peters, Craig A
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Objective: To assess the application and safety of transoral robotic surgery in the pediatric airway. Design: An institutional review board-approved study. Experimental laryngeal surgery was performed on 4 pediatric cadaver larynxes as controls. Application of robotic equipment for laryngeal surgery was attempted on 5 patients. Setting: Tertiary care pediatric medical center. Patients: Five patients with laryngeal cleft and 4 pediatric cadaver larynxes. Interventions: (1) The da Vinci Surgical Robot (Intuitive Surgical Inc, Sunnyvale, Calif ) was used on 4 cadaver larynxes and assessed for the dexterity, precision, and depth perception that it allowed the surgeon during laryngeal surgery. Procedures were documented with still and video photography. (2) The da Vinci Surgical Robot was used through a transoral approach to attempt repair of a laryngeal cleft in 5 pediatric patients who were under spontaneously breathing general anesthesia. Results: (1) Use of the surgical robot on cadaver larynxes provided great dexterity and precision, delicate tissue handling, good 3-dimensional depth perception, and relatively easy endolaryngeal suturing. (2) The surgical robot could not be used for repair of laryngeal cleft on 3 patients owing to limited transoral access. However, 1 patient with a type 1 laryngeal cleft and 1 patient with a type 2 laryngeal cleft underwent transoral robotic repair with great success. Conclusions: Surgical robots provide the ability to manipulate instruments at their distal end with great precision, increased freedom of movement, and excellent 3-dimensional depth perception. The size of the equipment can be a limiting factor with regard to the application and success of the transoral approach to airway surgery. Webelieve that further advances in device technology and a new generation of robotic equipment will facilitate the incorporation of surgical robotics in the advancement of minimally invasive endoscopic airway surgery.
AB - Objective: To assess the application and safety of transoral robotic surgery in the pediatric airway. Design: An institutional review board-approved study. Experimental laryngeal surgery was performed on 4 pediatric cadaver larynxes as controls. Application of robotic equipment for laryngeal surgery was attempted on 5 patients. Setting: Tertiary care pediatric medical center. Patients: Five patients with laryngeal cleft and 4 pediatric cadaver larynxes. Interventions: (1) The da Vinci Surgical Robot (Intuitive Surgical Inc, Sunnyvale, Calif ) was used on 4 cadaver larynxes and assessed for the dexterity, precision, and depth perception that it allowed the surgeon during laryngeal surgery. Procedures were documented with still and video photography. (2) The da Vinci Surgical Robot was used through a transoral approach to attempt repair of a laryngeal cleft in 5 pediatric patients who were under spontaneously breathing general anesthesia. Results: (1) Use of the surgical robot on cadaver larynxes provided great dexterity and precision, delicate tissue handling, good 3-dimensional depth perception, and relatively easy endolaryngeal suturing. (2) The surgical robot could not be used for repair of laryngeal cleft on 3 patients owing to limited transoral access. However, 1 patient with a type 1 laryngeal cleft and 1 patient with a type 2 laryngeal cleft underwent transoral robotic repair with great success. Conclusions: Surgical robots provide the ability to manipulate instruments at their distal end with great precision, increased freedom of movement, and excellent 3-dimensional depth perception. The size of the equipment can be a limiting factor with regard to the application and success of the transoral approach to airway surgery. Webelieve that further advances in device technology and a new generation of robotic equipment will facilitate the incorporation of surgical robotics in the advancement of minimally invasive endoscopic airway surgery.
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U2 - 10.1001/archotol.133.1.46
DO - 10.1001/archotol.133.1.46
M3 - Article
C2 - 17224522
AN - SCOPUS:33846367728
SN - 0886-4470
VL - 133
SP - 46
EP - 50
JO - Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
JF - Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
IS - 1
ER -