Trans-oral robotic surgery for Hilo-parenchymal submandibular stones

Sialolithiasis represents a common benign disease of the major salivary glands. Conventional therapeutic approaches include trans-oral sialendoscopy removal of the stones, duct incision and marsupialization, and trans-cervical sialadenectomy. However, the recent technological innovations of endoscopic and robot-assisted surgery provide unique opportunities to treat submandibular salivary gland stones.During the last decade, surgical robots have been utilized to remove submandibular glands in patients with sialolithiasis.

Source: Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - October 15, 2021 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Claudio Vicini, Giovanni Cammaroto, Giuseppe Meccariello, Giannicola Iannella, Dana Goldenberg, Lorenzo Pignataro, Sara Torretta, Antonino Maniaci, Salvatore Cocuzza, Pasquale Capaccio Source Type: research