TY - JOUR
T1 - Transoral Robotic Surgery in the Nordic Countries
T2 - Current Status and Perspectives
AU - Mäkitie, Antti A
AU - Keski-Säntti, Harri
AU - Markkanen-Leppänen, Mari
AU - Bäck, Leif
AU - Koivunen, Petri
AU - Ekberg, Tomas
AU - Sandström, Karl
AU - Laurell, Göran
AU - von Beckerath, Mathias
AU - Nilsson, Johan S
AU - Wahlberg, Peter
AU - Greiff, Lennart
AU - Norberg Spaak, Lena
AU - Kjærgaard, Thomas
AU - Godballe, Christian
AU - Rikardsen, Oddveig
AU - Channir, Hani Ibrahim
AU - Rubek, Niclas
AU - von Buchwald, Christian
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Background: The five Nordic countries with a population of 27 M people form a rather homogenous region in terms of health care. The management of head and neck cancer is centralized to the 21 university hospitals in these countries. Our aim was to gain an overview of the volume and role of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) and to evaluate the need to centralize it in this area as the field is rapidly developing. Materials and Methods: A structured questionnaire was sent to all 10 Departments of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in the Nordic countries having an active programme for TORS in December 2017. Results: The total cumulative number of performed robotic surgeries at these 10 Nordic centers was 528 and varied between 5 and 240 per center. The median annual number of robotic surgeries was 38 (range, 5-60). The observed number of annually operated cases remained fairly low (<25) at most of the centers. Conclusions: The present results showing a limited volume of performed surgeries call for considerations to further centralize TORS in the Nordic countries.
AB - Background: The five Nordic countries with a population of 27 M people form a rather homogenous region in terms of health care. The management of head and neck cancer is centralized to the 21 university hospitals in these countries. Our aim was to gain an overview of the volume and role of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) and to evaluate the need to centralize it in this area as the field is rapidly developing. Materials and Methods: A structured questionnaire was sent to all 10 Departments of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in the Nordic countries having an active programme for TORS in December 2017. Results: The total cumulative number of performed robotic surgeries at these 10 Nordic centers was 528 and varied between 5 and 240 per center. The median annual number of robotic surgeries was 38 (range, 5-60). The observed number of annually operated cases remained fairly low (<25) at most of the centers. Conclusions: The present results showing a limited volume of performed surgeries call for considerations to further centralize TORS in the Nordic countries.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85066611190
U2 - 10.3389/fonc.2018.00289
DO - 10.3389/fonc.2018.00289
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30101130
SN - 2234-943X
VL - 8
SP - 289
JO - Frontiers in Oncology
JF - Frontiers in Oncology
ER -