Transoral laser microsurgery for laryngeal cancer: A primer and review of laser dosimetry

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-124

  Rubinstein, Marc ^a,b   Armstrong, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2; Endoscope; Laryngeal cancer; Laser; Microsurgery

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; ILLUMINATION; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER PRESERVATION; MICROSURGERY; NEUROPATHY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE EDEMA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRANSORAL LASER MICROSURGERY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INSTRUMENTATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX TUMOR; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MICROSURGERY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

EID: 79952278093     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-010-0834-5     Document Type: Article

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