Robot-assisted submandibular gland excision via modified facelift incision

Seung Wook Jung,Yoon Woo Koh,Yong Hoon Cha,Woong Nam,Young Kwan Kim

doi:10.1186/s40902-017-0122-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s40902-017-0122-4

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BackgroundThe 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 presentationThe 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.ConclusionsIf 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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The conventional transcervical resection for submandibular gland disease has some risks and an unsatisfactory cosmetic result
Earlier robot-assisted surgeries were performed via a retroauricular approach [7], recent surgeries are being performed via modified facelift incision (MFI) approach [9,10,11], the postoperative scar being completely hidden by the auricle and hair
* Correspondence: omsnam@yuhs.ac 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yonsei University, College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea Full list of author information is available at the end of the article paper, the authors report a case of robot-assisted submandibular sialoadenectomy via MFI

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The conventional transcervical resection for submandibular gland disease has some risks and an unsatisfactory cosmetic result. Earlier robot-assisted surgeries were performed via a retroauricular approach [7], recent surgeries are being performed via modified facelift incision (MFI) approach [9,10,11], the postoperative scar being completely hidden by the auricle and hair. * Correspondence: omsnam@yuhs.ac 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yonsei University, College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea Full list of author information is available at the end of the article paper, the authors report a case of robot-assisted submandibular sialoadenectomy via MFI.

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