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TRANS-ORAL ROBOTIC SURGERY

(TORS)

With the advent of robot surgical systems, early

tumours in the nasopharynx, oropharynx and

laryngo-pharyngeal apparatus can be resected

under direct vision via the oral cavity, obviating

the need for maxillary swing and split-lip

mandibulotomy approaches.

A flexible camera and two surgical instrument

arms are introduced via the oral cavity for

tumour extirpation – trans-oral robotic surgery

(TORS).