Thyroid Robotic Surgery

Robotic thyroidectomy eliminates the neck scar by accessing the thyroid gland through an incision under the arm. This is called an axillary approach. That incision is 5-7cm long, but it's hidden—not front and center, like neck scars from open or even most endoscopic thyroidectomies. There's another very small incision—5mm—in the chest.

Other Treatment Methods are Radiation Therapy, Chemotherapy and Targeted Therapy. Radiation therapy is practiced when cancer has spread to trachea, voice box and oesophagus.

Advantages of Robotic Thyroidectomy

• Less Pain
• Shorter Hospital Stay
• Less Blood loss
• Better view
• No incision in the neck

Causes of Paranasal Sinus Tumors

• Being infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV)
• Exposure to wood, leather, flour, textile, nickel, or chromium dust
• Exposure to industrial chemicals
• Exposure to radium
• Smoking cigarettes

Staging

The stage of your cancer depends on where the tumor is, how much it has grown into nearby areas, whether it has spread to lymph nodes or other parts of your body, and some other health factors. The stages range from I (earliest stage) to IV (the most advanced). Stages for paranasal sinus tumors are:

• Stage I: The tumor is contained in the sinus and has not spread.
• Stage II: The tumor has spread into other parts of the sinus.
• Stage III: The tumor has spread into the bone of the sinuses or the eye socket and may have spread to a lymph node.
• Stage IV: The tumor has spread deeper into the eye socket, into the brain, or into other parts of the skull and neck, and possibly to more distant parts of the body and may have a larger presence in the lymph nodes.

Treatment

The most common approach to treating a paranasal sinus tumor is a combination of surgery and radiation therapy. The goal of surgery is to remove as much of the tumor as possible. If the cancer has spread to lymph nodes, they will be removed as well. Surgery will be planned to preserve as much of your face and function as possible