About this Research Topic
The challenge ahead is to demonstrate that such conservative approaches may have the same oncologic outcomes than more aggressive therapeutic options, while allowing a superior quality of life, better functional outcomes, and more favorable cost-effectiveness ratio. A great workload is required to the modern head and neck surgical community to clearly define indications, treatment modalities, technical refinements, potential complications and pitfalls, contraindications, alternative therapeutic options and related results of the available transoral approaches to laryngeal cancer. This is nowadays particularly needed if one considers the rapidity of technological advances and their possible integration in the existent therapeutic algorithms.
Keywords: Laryngeal cancer, transoral approaches, laser, microsurgery, robotic
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