Anaesthesia 2024 podcast - Transoral robotic surgery
In this first of a series of podcasts recorded at the RCoA's Anaesthesia 2024 conference in Glasgow Ms Jenny Montgomery, Consultant ENT Head & Neck Surgeon, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, discusses her work in transoral robotic surgery (TORS).
Jenny describes how TORS, only recently available to patients in Scotland, is a minimally-invasive surgery that allows access to areas of the throat that would previously have been hard to reach. This tool is especially useful in the west of Scotland, where rates of head and neck cancer are especially high, and can help limit the need for follow-up radio- or chemotherapy.
Jenny also discusses the future of robotic surgery, especially for ENT, and how her anaesthetic colleagues can think about working with robotic surgical devices for head and neck surgery.
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Jenny is a consultant ENT Head and Neck surgeon and the transoral robotic surgery lead surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. She is the lead clinician for the West of Scotland head and neck cancer network, co-lead of transoral robotic surgery for ENT UK, and she represents TORS at the Scottish Clinical Reference group for robotic assisted surgery.
Jenny runs a diagnostic clinic and is interested in outpatient procedures to shorten the head and neck cancer pathway. She teaches on airway, robotic and head and neck dissection courses. She has co authored over 50 papers in peer reviewed journals.