Transoral laser microsurgery: A new approach for unknown primaries of the head and neck

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1194-1201

  Karni, Ron J ^a   Rich, Jason T ^b   Sinha, Parul ^b   Haughey, Bruce H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical metastases; Head and neck neoplasms; Occult primary tumor; Squamous cell carcinoma; Transoral laser microsurgery; Unknown

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSORAL LASER MICROSURGERY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ALGORITHMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79958256381     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21743     Document Type: Article

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