Lateral pharyngotomy

O Laccourreye; A Villeneuve; F Rubin; F C Holsinger

doi:10.1016/j.anorl.2018.10.011

Lateral pharyngotomy

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2019 Apr;136(2):135-140. doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2018.10.011. Epub 2018 Oct 25.

Authors

O Laccourreye¹, A Villeneuve², F Rubin², F C Holsinger³

Affiliations

¹ Services d'otorhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervicofaciale; Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, HEGP, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: ollivier.laccourreye@aphp.fr.
² Services d'otorhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervicofaciale; Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, HEGP, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75015 Paris, France.
³ Services d'otorhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervicofaciale; Department of otorhinolaryngology head neck surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

PMID: 30482706
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2018.10.011

Abstract

Based on a review of the medical literature, the authors document the key technical points, variants, technical errors to avoid and main functional results of lateral pharyngotomy for resection of cancers originating from the lateral oro and/or hypopharynx.

Keywords: Cancer; Hypopharynx; Oropharynx; Pharyngotomy.

MeSH terms

Anatomic Landmarks
Humans
Medical Illustration
Pharyngeal Neoplasms / surgery*
Pharynx / blood supply
Pharynx / innervation
Pharynx / surgery*