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Transoral robot‐assisted carbon dioxide laser surgery for hypopharyngeal cancer
Author(s) -
Kucur Cuneyt,
Durmus Kasim,
Dziegielewski Peter T.,
Ozer Enver
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.23860
Subject(s) - transoral robotic surgery , carbon dioxide laser , hypopharyngeal cancer , medicine , surgery , perioperative , head and neck cancer , laser surgery , laser , radiation therapy , physics , optics
Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) has been used as a novel procedure for the resection of laryngopharyngeal cancers with promising outcomes. There are several studies proposing the benefit of combining TORS with a carbon dioxide (CO2 ) laser in resecting upper aerodigestive tract tumors. The purpose of this study was to illustrate transoral robot-assisted carbon dioxide laser surgery (TORS-L) for hypopharyngeal cancers.