AIMC Topic: Mouth

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Outcome of transoral robotic surgery for stage I-II oropharyngeal cancer.

European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Traditionally T1-2N0 oropharyngeal carcinoma is treated with a single treatment modality, being either radiotherapy or surgery. Currently, minimally invasive surgery, such as transoral robotic surgery (TORS), is gaining popularity. The aim of this st...

The oral microbiome and its effect on exhaled breath volatile analysis-the elephant in the room.

Journal of breath research
The rapid transfer of volatiles from alveolar blood into the lungs and then out of the body in exhaled breath leads to the common and natural conclusion that these volatiles provide information on health and metabolic processes, with considerable pot...

A controllable dual-catapult system inspired by the biomechanics of the dragonfly larvae's predatory strike.

Science robotics
The biomechanics underlying the predatory strike of dragonfly larvae is not yet understood. Dragonfly larvae are aquatic ambush predators, capturing their prey with a strongly modified extensible mouthpart. The current theory of hydraulic pressure be...

Robot-assisted feeding: A technical application that combines learning from demonstration and visual interaction.

Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
BACKGROUND: The traditional meal assistance robots use human-computer interaction such as buttons, voice, and EEG. However, most of them rely on excellent programming technology for development, in parallelism with exhibiting inconvenient interaction...

The Effects of Mouth Opening and Throat Pack Placement on Uncuffed Nasal Endotracheal Tube Leakage and Delivered Tidal Volumes in Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Patients Undergoing Dental Procedures.

Anesthesia progress
Intubation for pediatric patients is frequently performed with an uncuffed endotracheal tube (ETT), which may result in an incomplete tracheal seal, resulting in gas leakage (leak). The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of (1) mouth open...

Potential of Piper betle extracts on inhibition of oral pathogens.

Drug discoveries & therapeutics
In the present study, antimicrobial activity of Piper betle crude ethanol extract against 4 strains of oral pathogens; Candida albicans DMST 8684, C. albicans DMST 5815, Streptococcus gordonii DMST 38731 and Streptococcus mutans DMST 18777 was compar...

Transoral Fully Robotic Dissection of a Parapharyngeal Hemangioma.

The Journal of craniofacial surgery
Soft tissue robotics found its trigger for success in minimally invasive surgery. The minimization of the surgical damage is more obvious as the surgical alternative is more aggressive. In head and neck surgery, potential sequelae are both functional...

Oropharyngeal stenosis after transoral robotic lingual tonsillectomy.

The Journal of craniofacial surgery
Transoral robotic-assisted lingual tonsillectomy seems to confirm good tolerability with efficient results in both adult and pediatric populations, and the complication rate is usually dependent on the specific procedure and not related to the use of...

Transoral robotic surgery for parapharyngeal lesions: a case series of four benign tumours.

B-ENT
OBJECTIVES: The parapharyngeal space (PPS) is an anatomically complex space in the vicinity of vital structures. With the introduction of the daVinci robot in head and neck surgery, the surgical robotic system is now being used to gain direct access ...

Transoral robotic tongue base reduction in surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

B-ENT
Management of base of tongue (BOT) is a challenging topic in surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. After the introduction of transoral robotic surgery technology (TORS) into the otolaryngology practice, surgery on the BOT was perfo...