ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Standalone Transoral Robotic Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: A Systematic Literature Review of Clinical Outcomes.
Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Institutional evolution of a robotic otolaryngology program across consecutive da Vinci Si, Xi, and SP platform transitions.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Global Research Trends and Thematic Evolution in Robotic Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: A Bibliometric and Visualisation Study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Reconfiguring robotic surgery in head and neck practice: transition from multi-port to single-port with early clinical outcomes.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) offers a targeted surgical option for addressing base of tongue (BOT) and epiglottic obstruction in selected obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) cases; however, most published evidence evaluates TORS within multilevel approaches, limiting understanding of single-level outcomes. A PRISMA-guided systematic review of PubMed, Embase, and Central Cochrane was conducted from inception to March 2025, aiming to evaluate objective sleep outcomes and patient-reported measures following single-level TORS BOT surgery. Inclusion criteria were adult patients with moderate-to-severe OSA and CPAP failure/intolerance, with evidence of BOT hypertrophy. Of 219 screened records, five studies met the inclusion criteria with 105 patients. Eighty-six (81.9%) were male with a combined mean age of 45.2 years and BMI of 28.2 kg/m
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