Short-term postoperative distress associated with open vs. transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in patients with T1-T2 carcinomas of the tongue base and supraglottis

Abstract

The study confirmed the assumption of the TORS as a minimally invasive procedure significantly reducing the intraoperative blood loss, pain, swallowing and psychosocial distress as late as 6 weeks postoperatively in patients with early staged carcinomas of the tongue base and supraglottis.

Keywords

• open surgery
• transoral robotic surgery
• carcinoma of tongue base and supraglottis
• blood loss
• MDAD
• VAS
• psychosocial distress