The role of transoral robotic surgery, transoral laser microsurgery, and lingual tonsillectomy in the identification of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary origin: a systematic review

Table 7 Adverse events following TORS/TLM

Author	Hemorrhage	Tracheostomy	Gastrostomy	No Return to diet	Other	Deaths	Total Complications
Abuzeid et al. [26]	-	-	-	0/1 (0 %)	-	0/1 (0 %)	0/1 (0 %)
Blanco et al. [28]	0/4 (0 %)	-	0/4 (0 %)	0/4 (0 %)	0/4 (0 %)^a	0/4 (0 %)	-
Durmus et al. [18]		0/22 (0 %)	0/22 (0 %)	0/22 (0 %)	-	0/22 (0 %)	0/22 (0 %)
Karni et al. [16]	-	-	-	-	-	0/18 (0 %)	-
Mehta et al. [19]	0/10 (0 %)	-	1/10 (10 %)^b	1/10 (10 %)^b	-	0/10 (0 %)	2/10 (20 %)
Mourad et al. [27]	-	-	-	-	-	0/1 (0 %)	0/1 (%)
Nagel et al. [17]	1/36 (3 %)^c	-	-	0/36 (0 %)	0/36 (0 %)	0/36 (0 %)	1/36 (3 %)
Patel et al. [15]	4/47 (9 %)^d	-	-	-	1/47 (2 %)^e	0/47 (0 %)	5/47 (11 %)
Total	5/97 (5 %)	0/22 (0 %)	1/36 (3 %)	1/73 (1 %)	1/87 (1 %)	0/139 (0 %)	8/117 (7 %)

^aNo patients developed esophageal strictures
^bPatient was a heavy smoker (60 packs/year) with an identified HPV-negative 2.0 cm submucosal tongue base tumor
^cPostoperative tonsil bleed requiring return to OR
^dTwo patients required return to OR
^eOne patient had tongue swelling requiring one additional day of observation before discharge

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