Transoral robotic surgery using a carbon dioxide flexible laser for tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2187-2189

  Desai, Shaun C ^a   Sung, Chih Kwang ^a   Jang, David W ^a   Genden, Eric M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Da vinci robot; Minimally invasive surgery; Tors; Transoral robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GLOTTIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LASER; MALE; OROPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNX TUMOR; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; TRANSPLANTATION;

CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGOSCOPES; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149356427     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31818379e4     Document Type: Article

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