Robotics in Otolaryngology, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America The Clinics: Surgery Series

This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, Guest Edited by Drs. Umamaheswar Duvvuri, Arun Sharma, and Erica Thaler, is devoted to Robotics in Otolaryngology. This issue is one of six selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Sujana S. Chandrasekhar. Articles in this important issue include: Past, present and future of Robotic Surgical Systems; History and acceptance of TORS; Current indications for TORS in OP cancer; Role of TORS for workup of unknown primary SCCa; TORS and de-escalation of cancer treatment; Pediatric Applications of TORS; TORS for OSA; Robotic thyroidectomy; Robotic Neck Dissection; Robotic management of salivary glands; Robotic Ear Surgery; Robotic skull base surgery; Salvage Surgery for TORS; Complications of TORS; QOL implications after TORS for OP CA; and Cost Considerations for Robotic Surgery.

Arun Sharma is an assistant professor in the Department of Food Engineering at the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Government of India, in Haryana, India. His research interests focus on nanoparticle-based nanosensors for food safety and the development of sensor technologies for food safety and quality monitoring. For the past eight years, he has been involved in teaching and research, including overseeing two projects on nanoparticle synthesis from fruit peel extracts.