NCT01488669

Robot Assisted Supraomohyoid Neck Dissection Via Retroauricular Approach

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Yonsei University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this study we introduce and evaluate the feasibility of our surgical technique to hide the external scar of neck dissection using the robotic system via a modified facelift or retroauricular approach.

Conditions

• Head and Neck Neoplasms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	robot assisted neck dissection via retroauricular approach	A modified face lift or retroauricular incision is made and subplatysmal skin flap is elevated.The marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve and spinal accessory nerve is identified and lateral part of level II and III is dissected under direct vision using conventional technique. Then, the robotic arms are inserted and the remaining fibrofatty tissue of level I,II,III are dissected under 3D vision.
PROCEDURE	Conventional neck dissection	A transverse skin incision from the mastoid tip to the midline 2 finger below the mandible is made and subplatysmal skin flap is elevated. The fibrofatty tissue of level I,II,III is dissected while preserving the marginal branch of the facial nerve and the spinal accessory nerve. The vessels are ligated using the conventional tie technique and the Harmonic scalpel.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2011-09-01
• Completion: 2013-09-01
• First posted: 2011-12-08
• Last updated: 2011-12-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea