Carcinoma of the tongue base treated by transoral laser microsurgery, part one: Untreated tumors, a prospective analysis of oncologic and functional outcomes

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2150-2155

  Grant, David G ^a   Salassa, John R ^a   Hinni, Michael L ^b   Pearson, Bruce W ^a   Perry, William C ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Function; Outcomes; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tongue base; Transoral laser microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROSURGERY; NECK DISSECTION; ONCOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE FEEDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845476079     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000244159.64179.f0     Document Type: Article

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