Feasibility of transoral lateral oropharyngectomy using a robotic surgical system for tonsillar cancer

Oral Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Park, Young Min ^a   Lee, Jeong Gwon ^a   Lee, Won Sang ^a   Choi, Eun Chang ^a   Chung, Sa Myung ^a   Kim, Se Heon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Oropharyngectomy; Robotics; Tonsillar neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER MORTALITY; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ENDOSCOPE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TONGUE; TONSIL CANCER; TRANSORAL LATERAL OROPHARYNGECTOMY; TUBE FEEDING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650443995     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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