Transoral laser microsurgery: Applications in head and neck oncology

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 599-602

  Petruzzelli, Guy J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; EDITORIAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LASER SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TRANSORAL LASER MICROSURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LASERS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 73549096414     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.09.49     Document Type: Editorial

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