Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery
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Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. · Nov 2010
Transoral robotic surgery for advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma.
To determine the oncologic and functional outcomes in patients undergoing primary transoral robotic surgery followed by adjuvant therapy as indicated with a minimum of 18-month follow-up for advanced oropharyngeal carcinoma. ⋯ This novel transoral robotic surgery treatment regimen offers disease control, survival, and safety commensurate with standard treatments and an unexpected beneficial outcome of gastrostomy dependency rates that are markedly lower than those reported with standard nonsurgical therapies.
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Arch. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. · Nov 2010
Surgery for papillary thyroid carcinoma: is lobectomy enough?
To further understanding of treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). ⋯ The results of this study compel us to reinvestigate the current PTC surgical recommendations of total thyroidectomy based on tumor size because this may not affect survival across all populations. In addition, the current use of external beam radiation therapy for the treatment of PTC should be reexamined.