Table 1.
Transoral robotic surgery management for laryngocele.
| Study | Total patients |
Males | Females | Age (years, mean) |
Indication for surgery |
Type | Bilateral | Procedure | Discharge (days postoperatively) |
Oral intake postoperatively (days) |
Tracheostomies | Complications | Follow-up (months, mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisan et al.14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61 | Laryngomucocele | Combined | TORS + laser resection of ventricular fold. |
1 | 6 | ||||
| Gal et al.15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | Laryngopyocele | Combined | TORS | 2 | 2 | NG: 1 | 36 | ||
| Kayhan et al.16 |
6 | 6 | 0 | 51.7 (41–62) |
Laryngocele: 3 | Mixed 4 | TORS | 6.5 (3–10) | 2 | 2 | NG >24 hours: 2 |
29 (3–55) | |
| Laryngomucocele: 2 | Internal 2 | ||||||||||||
| Laryngopyocele: 1 | |||||||||||||
| Villeneuve et al.17 |
8 | 4 | 4 | 61.8 (50–84) |
Laryngocele 8 | Combined 3 | 1 | TORS | 5 (1–10) | 1.25 days (0–5) | 1 | Post-operative hemorrhage: 1 (day 11) |
19.7 (1–68) |
| Internal 5 | NG: 3 | ||||||||||||
| Ciabatti et al.18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | Laryngocele | Mixed | Left | TORS | 2 | 1 | |||
| Patel et al.19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | Laryngocele | N/A | Right | TORS | 1 |
NG, nasogastric; TORS, transoral robotic surgery.