Results of transoral laser microsurgery in 102 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 270, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2299-2306

  Canis, Martin ^a   Martin, Alexios ^b   Kron, Martina ^c   Konstantinou, Alexandra ^a   Ihler, Friedrich ^a   Wolff, Hendrik A ^a   Matthias, Christoph ^a   Steiner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of the tonsil; Functional outcomes; Oncologic results; Transoral laser microsurgery

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LARYNX EDEMA; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TRACHEOTOMY; TRANSORAL LASER MICROSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALATINE TONSIL; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879954801     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-2335-6     Document Type: Article

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