Robotic-assisted transoral removal of a submandibular megalith.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1002/lary.21356.
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Abstract
The majority of salivary stones are less than 8 mm in size and most frequently occur in the submandibular gland. Traditional management of larger stones involves gland resection. Sialendoscopy combined with an external or a transoral sialolithotomy, also called the combined approach technique, permits stone removal and gland preservation. A 31-year-old male presented to our service with a 20-mm megalith in the left submandibular gland. Here we report the first description of a combined approach using the da Vinci Si Surgical System to facilitate transoral stone removal and salivary duct repair.
Medical subject headings
- Endoscopy
- Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
- Robotics
- Salivary Duct Calculi
- Salivary Gland Calculi
- Submandibular Gland Diseases
- Surgery, Computer-Assisted