Transoral Endoscopic Surgery: New Surgical Techniques for Oropharyngeal Cancer

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 823-844

  Li, Ryan J ^a   Richmon, Jeremy D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Oropharyngeal cancer; Oropharynx; TLMS; Tongue base; Tonsil; TORS; Transoral laser microsurgery; Transoral robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEAD NECK PERFORMANCE STATUS SCALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL DEVICE; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 8; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSORAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; TRANSORAL LASER MICROSURGERY; TRANSORAL ROBOTIC SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WART VIRUS;

ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MICROSURGERY; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84863859817     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: 15578259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2012.04.006     Document Type: Review

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