Transoral laser microsurgery for the unknown primary: Role for lingual tonsillectomy

Head and Neck

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 942-946

  Nagel, Thomas H ^a   Hinni, Michael L ^a   Hayden, Richard E ^a   Lott, David G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon dioxide laser; human papillomavirus; TLM; transoral; unknown primary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY; TONSILLECTOMY; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNGOSCOPY; LASER THERAPY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 84902551971     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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