The swallowing and speech after transoral robotic surgery-does the site impact the outcome?

Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) has been introduced to head and neck surgery as a minimally invasive techqniques to improve the functional outcomes of patients. Compare the functional outcome for swallowing and speech in each site of TORS within the head and neck. Retrospective cohort study for patients who underwent TORS within the head and neck unit.

Transoral robotic tongue base mucosectomy for head and neck cancer of unknown primary: six-year outcome experience.

Background And Objective: Head and neck carcinoma of unknown primary is a diagnostic dilemma. The clinical and imaging workup remains ineffective in two-thirds of patients. Transoral robotic surgery has shown an advantage in the primary detection over the previous standard panendoscopy.

Primary cutaneous adenoid cystic carcinoma of the neck presenting as a rapidly growing posterior triangle neck mass.

A woman in her 70s presented to a tertiary otorhinolaryngology outpatient department with a 25-year history of right-sided subcutaneous neck lesion that had steadily grown over the preceding 6 months, now with skin involvement. The patient was asymptomatic except for some mild tenderness. The 3 × 3 cm mass lay fixed to deep tissues adjacent to the sternocleidomastoid muscle, though no associated lymphadenopathy was found on palpation, with imaging confirming no regional or distant metastases.

Persistent Unilateral Sore Throat: Should It Be Included in the 2-Week Wait Referral Criteria by NICE.

Design And Setting: A retrospective study was conducted on all 2WW referrals made to our tertiary head and neck centre in a 12-month period.

Methods: Sensitivity, specificity, and PPV of presenting complaints in H&N cancer diagnosis using Excel® and the statistical package SPSS®.

Results: The sensitivity and specificity of 2005 NICE guidelines in detecting H&N cancers were 91.