99
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Mouth/Pharynx

Transoral robotic surgery – time for consensus on pain assessment. A review

, &
Pages 902-911 | Received 31 Oct 2023, Accepted 02 Nov 2023, Published online: 22 Nov 2023

References

  • Sansoni ER, Gross ND. The role of transoral robotic surgery in the management of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: a current review. Curr Oncol Rep. 2015;17(3):432. doi: 10.1007/s11912-014-0432-y.
  • Weinstein GS, O'Malley BW, Magnuson JS, et al. Transoral robotic surgery: a multicenter study to assess feasibility, safety, and surgical margins. Laryngoscope. 2012;122(8):1701–1707. doi: 10.1002/lary.23294.
  • Kelly K, Johnson-Obaseki S, Lumingu J, et al. Oncologic, functional and surgical outcomes of primary transoral robotic surgery for early squamous cell cancer of the oropharynx: a systematic review. Oral Oncol. 2014;50(8):696–703. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2014.04.005.
  • Richmon JD, Quon H, Gourin CG. The effect of transoral robotic surgery on short-term outcomes and cost of care after oropharyngeal cancer surgery. Laryngoscope. 2014;124(1):165–171. doi: 10.1002/lary.24358.
  • Choby GW, Kim J, Ling DC, et al. Transoral robotic surgery alone for oropharyngeal cancer: quality-of-life outcomes. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015;141(6):499–504. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2015.0347.
  • Mercante G, Masiello A, Sperduti I, et al. Quality of life and functional evaluation in patients with tongue base tumors treated exclusively with transoral robotic surgery: a 1-year follow-up study. J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2015;43(8):1561–1566. doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2015.06.024.
  • Hutcheson KA, Holsinger FC, Kupferman ME, et al. Functional outcomes after TORS for oropharyngeal cancer: a systematic review. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2015;272(2):463–471. doi: 10.1007/s00405-014-2985-7.
  • Nichols AC, Theurer J, Prisman E, et al. Radiotherapy versus transoral robotic surgery and neck dissection for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (ORATOR): an open-label, phase 2, randomised trial. Lancet Oncol. 2019;20(10):1349–1359. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30410-3.
  • Sher DJ, Fidler MJ, Tishler RB, et al. Cost-effectiveness analysis of chemoradiation therapy Versus transoral robotic surgery for human papillomavirus–associated, clinical N2 oropharyngeal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016;94(3):512–522. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.11.006.
  • Barbon CEA, Yao CMK, Peterson CB, et al. Swallowing after primary TORS and unilateral or bilateral radiation for low- to Intermediate-Risk tonsil cancer. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022;167(3):484–493. doi: 10.1177/01945998211059967.
  • Topf MC, Vo A, Tassone P, et al. Unplanned readmission following transoral robotic surgery. Oral Oncol. 2017;75:127–132. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.11.009.
  • Glazer TA, Hoff PT, Spector ME. Transoral robotic surgery for obstructive sleep apnea: perioperative management and postoperative complications. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014;140(12):1207–1212. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.2299.
  • Cambi J, Chiri ZM, De Santis S, et al. Outcomes in single-stage multilevel surgery for obstructive sleep apnea: transoral robotic surgery, expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty and septoplasty. Int J Med Robot. 2019;15:e2034.
  • Hay A, Migliacci J, Karassawa Zanoni D, et al. Complications following transoral robotic surgery (TORS): a detailed institutional review of complications. Oral Oncol. 2017;67:160–166. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.02.022.
  • Zenga J, Suko J, Kallogjeri D, et al. Postoperative hemorrhage and hospital revisit after transoral robotic surgery. Laryngoscope. 2017;127(10):2287–2292. doi: 10.1002/lary.26626.
  • Parhar HS, Gausden E, Patel J, et al. Analysis of readmissions after transoral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck. 2018;40(11):2416–2423. doi: 10.1002/hed.25362.
  • Larsen MHH, Scott SI, Channir HI, et al. Days alive and out of hospital following transoral robotic surgery: cohort study of 262 patients with head and neck cancer. Head Neck. 2021;43(12):3866–3874. doi: 10.1002/hed.26880.
  • Puccinelli CL, Moore EJ, Yin LX, et al. Anesthesia for TORS for oropharyngeal carcinoma: factors associated with prolonged phase I postanesthesia recovery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020;163(3):531–537. doi: 10.1177/0194599820915529.
  • Lemoine A, Witdouck A, Beloeil H, et al. PROSPECT guidelines update for evidence-based pain management after prostatectomy for cancer. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2021;40(4):100922. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2021.100922.
  • Lirk P, Thiry J, Bonnet MP, et al. Pain management after laparoscopic hysterectomy: systematic review of literature and PROSPECT recommendations. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2019;44(4):425–436. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2018-100024.
  • Lavand'homme PM, Kehlet H, Rawal N, et al. Pain management after total knee arthroplasty: PROcedure SPEcific postoperative pain ManagemenT recommendations. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2022;39(9):743–757. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001691.
  • Barazanchi AWH, MacFater WS, Rahiri JL, et al. Evidence-based management of pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a PROSPECT review update. Br J Anaesth. 2018;121(4):787–803. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.06.023.
  • Anger M, Valovska T, Beloeil H, et al. PROSPECT guideline for total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management recommendations. Anaesthesia. 2021;76(8):1082–1097. doi: 10.1111/anae.15498.
  • Aldamluji N, Burgess A, Pogatzki-Zahn E, et al. PROSPECT guideline for tonsillectomy: systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management recommendations. Anaesthesia. 2021;76(7):947–961. doi: 10.1111/anae.15299.
  • Kehlet H. Postoperative pain relief–what is the issue? Br J Anaesth. 1994;72(4):375–378. doi: 10.1093/bja/72.4.375.
  • Srikandarajah S, Gilron I. Systematic review of movement-evoked pain versus pain at rest in postsurgical clinical trials and meta-analyses: a fundamental distinction requiring standardized measurement. Pain. 2011;152(8):1734–1739. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.02.008.
  • Gilron I, Kehlet H, Pogatzki-Zahn E. Current status and future directions of Pain-Related outcome measures for post-surgical pain trials. Can J Pain. 2019;3(2):36–43. doi: 10.1080/24740527.2019.1583044.
  • Albergotti WG, Jordan J, Anthony K, et al. A prospective evaluation of short-term dysphagia after transoral robotic surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx. Cancer. 2017;123(16):3132–3140. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30712.
  • Alessandrini M, Pavone I, Micarelli A, et al. Transoral robotic surgery for the base of tongue squamous cell carcinoma: a preliminary comparison between da vinci xi and si. J Robot Surg. 2018;12(3):417–423. doi: 10.1007/s11701-017-0750-9.
  • Cammaroto G, Montevecchi F, D'Agostino G, et al. Palatal surgery in a transoral robotic setting (TORS): preliminary results of a retrospective comparison between uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP), expansion sphincter pharyngoplasty (ESP) and barbed repositioning pharyngoplasty (BRP). Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 2017;37(5):406–409. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-1321.
  • Chan JYK, Wong EWY, Tsang RK, et al. Early results of a safety and feasibility clinical trial of a novel single-port flexible robot for
  • Friedman M, Hamilton C, Samuelson CG, et al. Transoral robotic glossectomy for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012;146(5):854–862.]
  • Karaman M, Gün T, Temelkuran B, et al. Comparison of fiber delivered CO2 laser and electrocautery in transoral robot assisted tongue base surgery. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2017;274(5):2273–2279. doi: 10.1007/s00405-017-4449-3.
  • Salehi AM, Norberg-Spaak L, Wilms T, et al. Comparison of quality of life among patients with Oro-Hypopharyngeal cancer after tonsillectomy and panscopy using transoral robotic surgery: a pilot study. Case Rep Oncol. 2020;13(3):1295–1303. doi: 10.1159/000509743.
  • Scott SI, Madsen AKØ, Rubek N, et al. Time course of subacute pain after transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma versus traditional bilateral tonsillectomy in adults - a case-control study. Acta Otolaryngol. 2018;138(9):837–842. doi: 10.1080/00016489.2018.1461238.
  • Sgarzani R, Meccariello G, Montevecchi F, et al. Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: healing by secondary intention, local flap or free flap. Eur J Plast Surg. 2020;43(2):123–128. doi: 10.1007/s00238-019-01586-y.
  • Slama K, Slouka D, Slipka J, et al. Short-term postoperative distress associated with open vs. Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in patients with T1-T2 carcinomas of the tongue base and supraglottis. Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2016;160(3):423–428. doi: 10.5507/bp.2016.015.
  • Toh ST, Han HJ, Tay HN, et al. Transoral robotic surgery for obstructive sleep apnea in asian patients a Singapore sleep centre experience. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014;140(7):624–629. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.926.
  • Tsou YA, Hsu CC, Shih LC, et al. Combined transoral robotic tongue base surgery and palate surgery in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: modified uvulopalatopharyngoplasty versus barbed reposition pharyngoplasty. J Clin Med. 2021;10(14):3169.
  • Vicini C, Dallan I, Canzi P, et al. Transoral robotic tongue base resection in obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome: a preliminary report. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2010;72(1):22–27. doi: 10.1159/000284352.
  • Abt NB, Holcomb AJ, Feng AL, et al. Opioid usage and prescribing predictors Following transoral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal cancer. Laryngoscope. 2021;131: e 1888–94.
  • Van Abel KM, Moore EJ, Carlson ML, et al. Transoral robotic surgery using the thulium: YAG laser - A prospective study. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012;138(2):158–166. doi: 10.1001/archoto.2011.1199.
  • Clayburgh D, Stott W, Bolognone R, et al. A randomized controlled trial of corticosteroids for pain after transoral robotic surgery. Laryngoscope. 2017;127(11):2558–2564. doi: 10.1002/lary.26625.
  • Dang S, Duffy A, Li JC, et al. Postoperative opioid-prescribing practices in otolaryngology: a multiphasic study. Laryngoscope. 2020;130(3):659–665. doi: 10.1002/lary.28101.
  • Ganti A, Eggerstedt M, Grudzinski K, et al. Enhanced recovery protocol for transoral robotic surgery demonstrates improved analgesia and narcotic use reduction. Am J Otolaryngol. 2020;41(6):102649. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2020.102649.
  • Sandelski MM, Drejet SM, Zimmer D, et al. Evaluating the risks and benefits of ketorolac in transoral robotic surgery. J Robot Surg. 2021;15(6):885–889. doi: 10.1007/s11701-021-01190-y.
  • Van Abel KM, Sauer AB, Kruthiventi SC, et al. Non-opioid analgesics and post-operative pain following transoral robotic surgery for oropharyngeal cancer. J Laryngol Otol. 2022;136(6):527–534. doi: 10.1017/S0022215121004734.
  • Husted H, Lunn TH, Troelsen A, et al. Why still in hospital after fast-track hip and knee arthroplasty? Acta Orthop. 2011;82(6):679–684. doi: 10.3109/17453674.2011.636682.
  • Huang L, Kehlet H, Petersen RH. Reasons for staying in hospital after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy. BJS Open. 2022;6(3):359–377. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrac050.
  • Dort JC, Farwell DG, Findlay M, et al. Optimal perioperative care in major head and neck cancer surgery with free flap reconstruction: a consensus review and recommendations from the enhanced recovery after surgery society. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017;143(3):292–303. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2016.2981.
  • Joshi GP, Schug SA, Kehlet H. Procedure-specific pain management and outcome strategies. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2014;28(2):191–201. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2014.03.005.
  • Joshi GP, Kehlet H. Procedure-specific pain management: the road to improve postsurgical pain management? Anesthesiology. 2013;118(4):780–782. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31828866e1.
  • Nielsen NI, Kehlet H, Gromov K, et al. High-dose steroids in high pain responders undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a randomised double-blind trial. Br J Anaesth. 2022;128(1):150–158. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.10.001.
  • Erb J, Orr E, Mercer CD, et al. Interactions Between pulmonary performance and movement-evoked pain in the immediate postsurgical period: implications for perioperative research and treatment. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2008;33(4):312–319. doi: 10.1097/00115550-200807000-00005.
  • Ravndal C, Vandrevala T. Preemptive local anesthetic in gynecologic laparoscopy and postoperative movement-evoked pain: a randomized trial. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2016;23(5):775–780. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2016.03.009.
  • https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=Transoral+robotic&Search=Apply&recrs=a&recrs=f&recrs=d&rec rs=m&age_v=&gndr=&type=&rslt=. accessed 09142022.
  • https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=Transoral+robotic&Search=Apply&recrs=b&recrs=h&recrs=e&ag e_v=&gndr=&type=&rslt=. accessed 09142022.
  • Joshi GP, Stewart J, Kehlet H. Critical appraisal of randomised trials assessing regional analgesic interventions for knee arthroplasty: implications for postoperative pain guidelines development. Br J Anaesth. 2022;129(2):142–144. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.04.019.
  • Scott SI, Kathrine Ø Madsen A, Rubek N, et al. Long-term quality of life & functional outcomes after treatment of oropharyngeal cancer. Cancer Med. 2021;10(2):483–495. doi: 10.1002/cam4.3599.
  • Dai F, Silverman DG, Chelly JE, et al. Integration of pain score and morphine consumption in analgesic clinical studies. J Pain. 2013;14(8):767–777.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.04.004.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.