Transoral Robotic Surgery Robotic System

Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) provides your surgeon with superior vision, precision, dexterity and improved access to difficult-to-reach areas of the throat. It thereby avoids the disfiguring and traumatic aspects of traditional open surgery.

Transoral Robotic Surgery

Transoral Robot Assisted Surgery (TORS) may provide a much less invasive treatment option for those with benign and malignant tumors of the oral cavity and oral conditions including lingual tonsil, hypertrophy and sleep apnea. Using a surgical camera and microscope passed through the mouth, the surgeon directs the cutting tool, cautery or laser to the tumor location - avoiding the need for facial disfigurement and tracheotomy. This approach also may minimize or eliminate the need for chemoradiation and its potential side-effects. However, surgeons are limited by line-of-sight, instrumentation and optics - which means this approach may not be appropriate for all cases.

If your doctor recommends surgery to treat oral (mouth), oropharyngeal or throat cancer, you may be a candidate for Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) - a safe, effective and minimally invasive procedure. Using the most advanced technology available, Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) enables your doctor to perform this delicate operation for oral (mouth), oropharyngeal or throat cancer.

My goal as a head and neck surgeon is to provide patients with expert surgical care with an emphasis on quality-of-life issues, such as our patient’s ability to speak, eat and maintain their appearance.

David Goldenberg, MD, FACS

Patient experience

Learn more about a Lancaster County man who opted for this treatment instead of traditional surgery: Surgery with Flex Robotic System

Patient Benefits

The Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) offers head and neck cancer patients numerous potential benefits over traditional open surgery, including:

Significantly less blood loss
No visible scarring or disfigurement
No tracheotomy
Minimize or eliminate need for chemoradiation therapy
Fewer complications
Shorter hospital stay
Fast recovery, return to normal speech and swallowing
Excellent cancer control

The da Vinci system is revolutionary in surgery and enable doctors to operate with unmatched precision, dexterity and control. By overcoming the limitations of traditional surgery, these surgical robots are allowing for safe, minimally invasive approaches to head and neck cancers.