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- Title
Robot-assisted excision of cervical cystic hygroma through a retroauricular hairline approach: a case report.
- Authors
Lin, Frank Cheau-Feng; Tsung-Lin Yang; Min-Che Tung; Tsai, Stella Chin-Shaw; Yang, Tsung-Lin; Tung, Min-Che
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Cystic hygroma is a rare benign abnormality of the lymphatic system generally occurring in young children less than 2 years old. The standard transcervical surgical treatment of cystic hygroma may often leave a permanent scar in the neck region.<bold>Case Presentation: </bold>We report a case of cystic hygroma in a 19-month-old Asian baby girl successfully treated with robot-assisted excision through a hairline neck-lift approach. We present the use of the Yang's retractor as an instrumental advancement to this surgical approach.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Treatment options for cystic hygroma may be surgical or nonsurgical. We report a case of cystic hygroma in a 19-month-old child successfully treated with robot-assisted excision through a small concealed retroauricular hairline approach. This is the first report in the medical literature of treating cystic hygroma with a minimally invasive robot-assisted excision via a small, concealed, hairline incision.
- Subjects
CERVICAL vertebrae diseases; SURGICAL robots; PEDIATRIC surgery
- Publication
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2016, Vol 10, p1
- ISSN
1752-1947
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s13256-016-0929-0