Robots in medicine and especially in surgery are of major interest today. Many of the challenges in the field of surgery can be made possible by using surgical robots and telemanipulators. The current view of this technology has certainly captured the surgeon’s expedition to avail the least invasive procedures. Moreover, as the Head and Neck surgical procedures are complex and have potentially significant immediate postoperative morbidity and risk of mortality. So, the need to reduce trauma of such procedures is marking the introduction of robot assisted surgery. The goal of this review is to show how robotic surgery is advancing the care of head and neck surgical patients.

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Robots in Head and Neck Surgery