Case presentation of a robot-assisted bilateral benign tonsillectomy using the da Vinci SP system

Abstract

Since the first use of a da Vinci system to perform a radical tonsillectomy in 2007, transoral robotic surgery (TORS) has been further developed and finally accepted as a safe surgical method. The recent introduction of the da Vinci Single-Port (SP) system has brought new innovations in the field of ears, nose and throat (ENT) medicine, e.g. to perform minimally invasive head and neck tumor surgery. In Europe, the da Vinci SP system has recently received CE Mark approval for TORS application.We present the first case of a robot-assisted bilateral benign tonsillectomy with the da Vinci SP system in Germany and demonstrate the technical feasibility of this platform.