Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
The Role of Trans Oral Robotic Surgery in the Carcinoma of Unknown Primary: A New Evidence in the Horizon? |
| Authors: |
Chettuvatti, Karthika, Panda, Naresh Kumar, Bakshi, Jaimanti B, Verma, Roshan K, Nayak, Gyan Ranjan, Goel, Nitika, Das, Ashim, Bhattacharya, Anish, Mittal, Anupam, Rohilla, Manish |
| Source: |
Indian Journal of Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery; Apr2024, Vol. 76 Issue 2, p1941-1948, 8p |
| Subject Terms: |
SURGICAL robots, ORAL surgery, SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma, TONSILLECTOMY, CARCINOMA, TELERADIOLOGY |
| Abstract: |
The detection of the primary site in Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (CUP) is a challenging task which can significantly alter the course of management and also prognosis. Various modalities have been assessed with varying sensitivity and specificity. Imaging and cytological diagnosis have formed a key part of the diagnostic algorithm of CUP. Trans Oral Robotic Surgery offers the advantage of being both diagnostic as well as therapeutic with promising sensitivity and specificity and can form an integral part in the management of CUP. A prospective study was carried out at a tertiary care centre over a period of one year. Patients with unilateral neck swelling which was histopathologically proven squamous cell carcinoma neck metastasis were included in the study. They were evaluated with endoscopy and radiology according to the standard algorithm. When these failed to detect the primary, the patients underwent ipsilateral radical tonsillectomy and tongue base mucosal wedge biopsy via TORS. Post-operative histopathological examination was done on the resected specimens to detect the primary site. Transoral Robotic Surgery was able to localise primary in 50% of the patients enrolled in the study. Out of the primary site identified by TORS; 55.56% were located in the tonsil and 44.4% in the tongue base. TORS can offer promising detection rates of the occult primary in CUP and should form an integral part of the diagnostic algorithm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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