Aim . To evaluate advantages and disadvantages of transoral ultrasonography (US) in tongue cancer. Materials methods US was performed 165 patients between the ages 15 85 years with malignant tumors mobile (74 (44.9 %) women, 91 (55.1 men). Among patients, 144 had primary tumor. The study also included 21 (12.7 recurrent tumor which clinically could be represented by a true recurrence (tumor dev...

BACKGROUND The stapled gastrojejunostomy of the laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGBP) can be created by linear and circular stapling techniques. In the circular-stapled technique, the anvil of the stapler can be introduced into the gastric pouch transabdominally or pulled down the esophagus (transorally) by attachment to a modified gastric tube. The purpose of this study is to determin...

OBJECTIVES We compared the transbuccal and transoral approaches in the management of mandibular angle fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty patients with mandibular angle fractures were randomly divided into two equal groups (A, transoral approach; group B, transbuccal approach) who received fracture reduction using a single 2.5 mm 4 holed miniplate with a bar using either of the two approac...

Background Recently, transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy via the vestibular approach (TOETVA) has become popular worldwide.1–3 After controlling for technique, authors used to modified radical neck dissection (MRND) papillary thyroid carcinoma with clinically positive lymph nodes in lateral compartments. To best of their knowledge, report first case TOETVA MRND. Patient A 27-year-old woman had a...

OBJECTIVE To describe the management of bilateral oral ranulas with the use of the da Vinci Si Surgical System and discuss advantages and disadvantages over traditional transoral resection. STUDY DESIGN Case Report and Review of Literature. RESULTS A 47 year old woman presented to our service with an obvious right floor of mouth swelling. Clinical evaluation and computerized tomography scan...

Background. Surgical approaches to the parapharyngeal space (PPS) are challenging by virtue of deep location and neurovascular content. Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma (JNA) is a formidable hypervascular tumor that involves multiple compartments with increase in size. In tumors with extension to parapharyngeal space, the endonasal approach was observed to be inadequate. Combined Endoscopic...

Although rare, Eagle syndrome should be always considered in the differential diagnosis in patients with chronic orofacial pain refractory to conventional treatments. Treatment is surgery and exeresis of the styloid process via a transoral or cervical approach depending on clinical and radiological features.

OBJECTIVE To determine the role of transoral laser resection of supraglottic carcinomas. DESIGN Retrospective unicenter study of the oncologic results of transoral carbon dioxide laser microsurgery for supraglottic carcinomas performed between February 1979 and December 1993. Median follow-up was 37 months. SETTING University hospital academic tertiary referral center. PATIENTS We reviewe...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Head and neck surgical science has developed dramatically during the past 20 years with a major focus on organ preservation surgery. Among these organ preserving surgeries are the selective neck dissections, supracricoid partial laryngectomies, transoral laser surgeries, and now a newcomer, transoral robotic surgery utilizing the da Vinci surgical system. Transoral robotic sur...