Objective To evaluate the safety,efficacy,and long-term outcomes of transoral ro-botic surgery(TORS)for the resection of parapharyngeal space tumors(PPST).Methods A retro-spective analysis was conducted on clinical data from 16 patients who underwent TORS for PPST re-section.Surgical outcomes,postoperative pathological findings,and complication rates were ob-served.Follow-up evaluations were performed to assess patient satisfaction,swallowing function re-covery,and tumor recurrence.Results Except for one patient who required an additional neck inci-sion,the remaining 15 patients successfully completed the surgery via the oral route.None of the pa-tients underwent tracheotomy or mandibulotomy.The mean surgical duration was 43.9 minutes,with an average tumor diameter of 4.5 cm resected.The mean intraoperative blood loss was 35.3 mL.Patients resumed oral intake after an average of 3.8 days and had a mean postoperative hospital stay of 8.3 days.Postoperative pathological examination revealed that the most common tumor type was pleomorphic adenoma(56.2％,9/16),followed by schwannoma(25.0％,4/16),with one case of basal cell adenoma,cyst,and lipoma,respectively.One patient experienced transient Horner's syndrome,two had wound dehiscence that healed spontaneously,and one had spontaneous wound healing after drainage tube dislodgement.With a mean follow-up of 79.5 months,no tumor recurrence or severe complications were observed.All patients had good swallowing function and were satisfied with the surgical outcomes.Conclusion TORS for PPST resection offers advantages such as clear surgical visualization,direct surgical access,minimal blood loss,reduced trauma,favorable cosmetic re-sults,and rapid postoperative recovery.It also demonstrates good long-term outcomes,with high safety and efficacy.

Objective: To investigate the oncological and functional efficacy and safety of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in the treatment of oropharyngeal carcinoma. Methods: Twenty-six patients with oropharyngeal cancer were enrolled who underwent TORS at Beijing United Hospital from June 1, 2017 to December 31, 2020. Among them, 22 patients were males and 4 were females, aged 39 to 76 years old. T1-2 patients accounted for 88.5% (23/26). Clinicopathological data including the time of removal of gastric and endotracheal tube were collected. The SPSS software package was used for survival analysis, and the overall survival rate and disease-free survival rate were calculated. Results: All the 26 patients with oropharyngeal cancer received TORS without conversion to open surgery, and 20 of them underwent simultaneous cervical lymph node dissection. TORS operation time ranged from 65 to 360 minutes with an average of 215 minutes. Intraoperative blood loss ranged from 5 to 600 ml with an average of 70 ml. Four patients (15.4%) underwent tracheotomy, of whom 3 patients had the removals of tracheal tubes within 1 month after surgery and 1 case remained to wear a tube by the end of follow-up. Twelve patients (46.2%) underwent gastric tube implantation, among them, 11 patients had removals of gastric tubes within 1 month after surgery and 1 patient died of oropharyngeal hemorrhage 13 days after operation. One patient (3.8%) had a positive surgical margin and others had pathologically negative surgical margins. Sixteen patients (61.5%) received postoperative radiotherapy, of whom 11 patients (42.3%) received platinum-based concurrent chemotherapy. The median follow-up time was 21.5 months (0.4 to 45 months). The overall survival and the disease-free survival rates were 83.0% and 75.8%, respectively. Conclusion: The application of TORS in treatment of oropharyngeal cancer can achieve good oncological and functional outcomes in selected patients.
Adult ; Aged ; Carcinoma/surgery* ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Margins of Excision ; Middle Aged ; Neck Dissection ; Oropharyngeal Neoplasms/surgery* ; Robotic Surgical Procedures ; Treatment Outcome

Objective:To explore the feasibility of retroauricular robotic thyroidectomy and introduce the experience and lessons.Methods:From May 2018 to December 2018, 5 consecutive cases underwent gasless retroauricular robotic thyroidectomy by using Davinci Si system at Beijing United Family Hospital, including 1 male and 4 females, aged from 18 to 37 years old. And they were retrospectively reviewed and analyzed. Among them, one case was a recurrence of cervical lympy nodes after total thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer.Results:Among 5 patients (mean age 32.4 years, mean tumor size 1.3 cm), one patient underwent unilateral thyroid lobectomies, 3 patients did total thyroidectomy and 4 patients did neck dissection. All patients had papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC). The average time for unilateral retroauricular robotic thyroidectomy was 375 min. Intraoperative conversion to open surgery happened in one patient. Postoperative vocal cord paralysis and hypocalcemia developed in one of the patients.Conclusion:Retroauricular robotic thyroidectomy is feasible for selected patients and would be a potential alternative approach in remote-access approaches for thyroid surgery.