TY - JOUR
T1 - Transoral robotic geniohyoidpexy as an additional step of transoral robotic tongue base reduction and supraglottoplasty
T2 - Feasibility in a cadaver model
AU - Vicini, Claudio
AU - Montevecchi, Filippo
AU - Dallan, Iacopo
AU - Canzi, Pietro
AU - Tenti, Giulia
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - Purpose of the Study:To evaluate the feasibility of including an additional step of transoral geniohyoidpexy in the transoral robotic tongue base reduction (TBR) and supraglottoplasty (SGP) procedure in order to better reproduce the classic Chabolle operation with expected similar outcomes but possibly with far less invasivity. Procedure: A da Vinci surgical system was used in 2 cadavers. Dissection was carried out via a transoral approach in the same setting of TBR and SGP, after completing the basic tongue base and supraglottic steps. Result: A complete geniohyoidpexy was performed transorally. After identification, the hyoid bone body was rapidly dissected free from the suprahyoid muscles near the midline to the inferior border. Conclusion: A transoral robotic access to the hyoid bone was demonstrated. The procedure proved to be feasible in the same robotic setting of TBR and SGP.
AB - Purpose of the Study:To evaluate the feasibility of including an additional step of transoral geniohyoidpexy in the transoral robotic tongue base reduction (TBR) and supraglottoplasty (SGP) procedure in order to better reproduce the classic Chabolle operation with expected similar outcomes but possibly with far less invasivity. Procedure: A da Vinci surgical system was used in 2 cadavers. Dissection was carried out via a transoral approach in the same setting of TBR and SGP, after completing the basic tongue base and supraglottic steps. Result: A complete geniohyoidpexy was performed transorally. After identification, the hyoid bone body was rapidly dissected free from the suprahyoid muscles near the midline to the inferior border. Conclusion: A transoral robotic access to the hyoid bone was demonstrated. The procedure proved to be feasible in the same robotic setting of TBR and SGP.
KW - Hyoid bone
KW - Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome
KW - Tongue base reduction
KW - Transoral robotic surgery
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U2 - 10.1159/000327350
DO - 10.1159/000327350
M3 - Article
C2 - 21508654
AN - SCOPUS:79954616728
VL - 73
SP - 147
EP - 150
JO - ORL; journal for oto-rhino-laryngology and its related specialties
JF - ORL; journal for oto-rhino-laryngology and its related specialties
SN - 0301-1569
IS - 3
ER -