Endoscopic nasopharyngectomy with potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) laser for early locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1309-1315

  Ko, Jenq Yuh ^a   Wang, Cheng Ping ^a,b   Ting, Lai Lei ^a   Yang, Tsung Lin ^a,b   Tan, Ching Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; KTP laser; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Nasopharyngectomy; Salvage operation

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; LASER; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHARYNX DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHARYNGECTOMY;

EID: 70349337597     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21091     Document Type: Article

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