Transoral robotic surgery
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Term | Transoral robotic surgery |
Short definition | transoral robotic surgery - (pronounced) (TRANZ-or-ul roh-BAH-tik SER-juh-ree) Surgery that uses a robot with arms to remove cancer from hard-to-reach areas of the mouth and throat. Cameras attached to the robot provide a three-dimensional (3D) image for a surgeon to see. |
Type | Cancer terms |
Specialty | Oncology |
Language | English |
Source | NCI |
Comments |
transoral robotic surgery - (pronounced) (TRANZ-or-ul roh-BAH-tik SER-juh-ree) Surgery that uses a robot with arms to remove cancer from hard-to-reach areas of the mouth and throat. Cameras attached to the robot provide a three-dimensional (3D) image for a surgeon to see. The surgeon guides tools on the ends of the robotic arms to remove the cancer. Also called TORS
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Transoral robotic surgery
- Wikipedia's article - Transoral robotic surgery
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