Transoral robotic surgery using the thulium:YAG laser - A Prospective Study

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-166

  Van Abel, Kathryn M ^a   Moore, Eric J ^a   Carlson, Matthew L ^a   Davidson, Jennifer A ^a   Garcia, Joaquin J ^a   Olsen, Steven M ^a   Olsen, Kerry D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THULIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORAL SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SWALLOWING; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRANSORAL ROBOTIC SURGERY; YAG LASER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATINE TONSIL; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; THULIUM; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863418877     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.1199     Document Type: Article

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