Robot-assisted neck surgery through oral cavity

• Project/Area Number: 22591424
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: General surgery
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: ISHIKAWA Norihiko 金沢大学, 大学病院, 講師 (50343182)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KAWAGUCHI Masahiko 金沢大学, 大学病院, 助教 (60552982) ; WATANABE Go 金沢大学, 医学系, 教授 (60242492)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: ロボット / NOTES / 単孔式 / 低侵襲 / 頚部 / ロボット手術 / 内視鏡外科

Research Abstract

It was successful for development of the new neck surgery that adopted a general idea of NOTES (natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery) by the transoral approach and SIES (single incision endoscopic surgery) in this study. We developed novel retractor for securing of operation field, and thyroidectomy could be performed through single incision in the oral cavity using roticulator forceps.