Trans Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) is a modality in the management of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma(OPSCC). This study was conducted to show the rates of peri-operative complications after TORS for OPSCC in our experience. Single centre retrospective analysis of consecutive OPSCC treated with TORS. The surgical complication severity was recorded according to Clavien-Dindo criteria (CDC). Eighty-seven OPSCC were operated with TORS. According to CDC, grade I, grade II and IIIb were registered in 8%, 4.6% and 11.5% of cases, respectively. The postoperative pain, registered with visual-analogue scale (VAS) score, was 8 ± 1.2 for the secondary healing wounds and 6.2 ± 1.5 for the flap reconstructions (p < 0.01). The impact on swallowing function was not significant between secondary healing and flap reconstructions(p = 0.96). Any major or life-threatening intraoperative complications have not been recorded. Only one patient had postoperative bleeding into the neck whilst 13.3% of patients had postoperative bleeding from the primary tumor. No total local or free flap failure were registered. The mean duration of tracheostomy use was 7.4 ± 2.6 days, and nasogastric tube 14.3 ± 6.9 days. Only one patient, who had also reconstruction with flap, experienced a postoperative severe dysphagia with severe aspiration, needing a permanent tracheostomy tube and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding. TORS for OPSCC showed less morbidity, lower risk of severe complication and mortality. Thus, this treatment modality could be offered as first line treatment in selected cases.

Single centre analysis of perioperative complications in trans-oral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal carcinomas / Cannavicci, Angelo; Cioccoloni, Eleonora; Moretti, Francesco; Cammaroto, Giovanni; Iannella, Giannicola; De Vito, Andrea; Sgarzani, Rossella; Gessaroli, Manlio; Ciorba, Andrea; Bianchini, Chiara; Corazzi, Virginia; Capaccio, Pasquale; Vicini, Claudio; Meccariello, Giuseppe. - In: INDIAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND HEAD AND NECK SURGERY. - ISSN 2231-3796. - 75:2(2023), pp. 842-847. [10.1007/s12070-023-03518-6]

Single centre analysis of perioperative complications in trans-oral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal carcinomas

Iannella, Giannicola;
2023

Abstract

Trans Oral Robotic Surgery (TORS) is a modality in the management of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma(OPSCC). This study was conducted to show the rates of peri-operative complications after TORS for OPSCC in our experience. Single centre retrospective analysis of consecutive OPSCC treated with TORS. The surgical complication severity was recorded according to Clavien-Dindo criteria (CDC). Eighty-seven OPSCC were operated with TORS. According to CDC, grade I, grade II and IIIb were registered in 8%, 4.6% and 11.5% of cases, respectively. The postoperative pain, registered with visual-analogue scale (VAS) score, was 8 ± 1.2 for the secondary healing wounds and 6.2 ± 1.5 for the flap reconstructions (p < 0.01). The impact on swallowing function was not significant between secondary healing and flap reconstructions(p = 0.96). Any major or life-threatening intraoperative complications have not been recorded. Only one patient had postoperative bleeding into the neck whilst 13.3% of patients had postoperative bleeding from the primary tumor. No total local or free flap failure were registered. The mean duration of tracheostomy use was 7.4 ± 2.6 days, and nasogastric tube 14.3 ± 6.9 days. Only one patient, who had also reconstruction with flap, experienced a postoperative severe dysphagia with severe aspiration, needing a permanent tracheostomy tube and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding. TORS for OPSCC showed less morbidity, lower risk of severe complication and mortality. Thus, this treatment modality could be offered as first line treatment in selected cases.
2023
complications; functional outcomes; oropharyngeal carcinoma; TORS; transoral robotic surgery
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Single centre analysis of perioperative complications in trans-oral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal carcinomas / Cannavicci, Angelo; Cioccoloni, Eleonora; Moretti, Francesco; Cammaroto, Giovanni; Iannella, Giannicola; De Vito, Andrea; Sgarzani, Rossella; Gessaroli, Manlio; Ciorba, Andrea; Bianchini, Chiara; Corazzi, Virginia; Capaccio, Pasquale; Vicini, Claudio; Meccariello, Giuseppe. - In: INDIAN JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND HEAD AND NECK SURGERY. - ISSN 2231-3796. - 75:2(2023), pp. 842-847. [10.1007/s12070-023-03518-6]
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