ArticleIndian journal of surgical oncology2020
Comparing Technical Feasibility of Non-robotic Retroauricular Versus Transcervical Approach Neck Dissection in Oral Cancers-a Preliminary Single Institute Experience.
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- Endoscope-assisted versus conventional neck dissection in patients with oral cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2022Pooled it
- Thematic evolution and global trends in retroauricular and robotic-assisted surgery: a comprehensive bibliometric review.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Review
- Comparable outcomes with improved esthetics: da Vinci-assisted neck dissection for early stage oral cancers.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
Recent advances in minimal access/invasive surgeries in head and neck (robotic/endoscopic assisted) allow neck dissection without a visible scar through a retroauricular approach unlike conventional approach giving visible scar and its sequelae. We retrospectively reviewed prospectively collected data of 80 neck dissections in 72 patients from April 2017 to June 2018 for all newly diagnosed squamous cell carcinoma of oral cavity. We compared between the operative and postoperative outcomes in open- and endoscopic-assisted retroauricular approach (RA) in these patients undergoing neck dissections. Thirty-two out of seventy-two patients underwent retroauricular (RA) approach neck dissection while 40/72 patients underwent conventional open approach neck dissection. RA group had more early staged oral cancers 20/32 (62.5%) as compared to 9/40 (22.5%) in the open approach (
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