Table 4.

Functional Outcomes Following TORS for OPSCC—Short-and Long-term.

TORS Study Number of Patients Tracheostomy Dependency Rates Gastrostomy Tube Dependency Rates


Short-term 1 Year Short-term 1 Year 2 Years

Moore et al.29 102 13.7% 0.98% 15.6% 3.92%
Moore et al.30 45 31% 0% 18% 0% 0%
Weinstein et al.53 31 2.40% 0%
Cognetti et al.58 30 0% 0% 9% 7%
Hurtuk et al.59 54 0%–31% 0% 7.50%
Weinstein et al.60 30 3.33% 0% 0% 0%
Genden et al.62 30 0% 0% 0%
White et al.63 89 HNSCC of all sub-sites (77 OPSCC) 0%
Moore et al.68 66 25.80% 1.50% 3% 27.30% 4.50%
Iseli et al.72 54 0% 0% 17% 17%
Genden et al.76 20 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

OPSCC, oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma; TORS, transoral robotic surgery.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2014 April; 5(2): e0010. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2014 April 28. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10144