Combined transoral-transhyoid endoscopic approach for hypopharyngeal cancer.

Combined transoral-transhyoid endoscopic approach for hypopharyngeal cancer.

Auris Nasus Larynx. 2018 Feb 02;:

Authors: Honda K, Miura M, Hayashi Y, Kimura T

Abstract
Endoscopic transoral surgery for hypopharyngeal cancer is an effective treatment option to avoid invasive open surgery or chemoradiation. Here we describe the case of a 66-year-old patient with cT2N0M0 pyriform sinus cancer whom we treated using a transoral-transhyoid endoscopic approach. Using this approach, a transhyoid route was created in addition to the transoral route and used to extirpate the tumor. En bloc resection of the tumor was completed without difficulty. A combined transoral-transhyoid approach is a useful surgical option for treatment of selected patients with hypopharyngeal cancer. This technique is straightforward to perform and can be used as a backup technique in endoscopic transoral surgery. Also, more complicated lesions can be resected by this approach than by a single-route transoral approach.

PMID: 29402609 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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