Transoral lateral oropharyngectomy

F Rubin; O Laccourreye; G S Weinstein; F C Holsinger

doi:10.1016/j.anorl.2017.06.002

Transoral lateral oropharyngectomy

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2017 Dec;134(6):419-422. doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2017.06.002. Epub 2017 Jun 29.

Authors

F Rubin¹, O Laccourreye², G S Weinstein³, F C Holsinger⁴

Affiliations

¹ Service d'otorhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, HEGP, Assistance publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
² Service d'otorhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, HEGP, Assistance publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: ollivier.laccourreye@egp.aphp.fr.
³ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Stanford university, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

PMID: 28669807
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2017.06.002

Abstract

Based on a review of the indexed scientific medical literature, the authors document the key technical points, the errors to avoid, the limitations, indications and main oncologic and functional results when performing transoral lateral oropharyngectomy in cancer originating from the tonsillar region.

Keywords: Cancer; Oropharynx; Surgery; Tonsil.

Publication types

Technical Report

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery*
Humans
Mouth
Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery / methods*
Oropharynx / surgery
Tonsillar Neoplasms / surgery*
Tonsillectomy* / methods
Treatment Outcome