Endoscopic surgery in the neck was attempted in 1996 for performing parathyroidectomy. A similar surgical technique was used for performing thyroidectomy the following year. Most commonly reported endoscopic neck surgery studies in literature have been on thyroid and parathyroid glands. The approaches are divided into two types i.e., the total endoscopic approach using CO(2) insufflation and th...

Guojun Li, Zhigang Huang, Xingming Chen, Qingyi Wei Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030-4095, USA Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030-4095, USA Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Key ...

Robotic surgery is an innovation in thyroid surgery that may compensate for the drawbacks of conventional endoscopic surgery. A surgical robot provides strong advantages, including three-dimensional imaging, motion scaling, tremor elimination, and additional degrees of freedom. We review here recent adaptations, experience and applications of robotics in thyroid surgery. Robotic thyroid surgeri...

Dr. Pitman is Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY. Dr. Aston is Surgeon Director and Chairman, Department of Plastiic Surgery, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital and Professor of Plastic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine and Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York, NY. Dr. Feldman is Associate Clinical Prof...

MD. Postgraduate student, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, Brazil. DDS, PhD. Professor, Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidade Paulista (Unip), São Paulo, Brazil. MD. Postgraduate student, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unife...

Oral cancer surgery & Covid-19 pandemic: our initial experience - IJASHNB- Print ISSN No: 2581-5210 Online No:- 2581-5229 Article DOI 10.18231/j.ijashnb.2021.004, IP Indian Journal of Anatomy and Surgery Head, Neck Brain-IP J Anat Surg Head Brain

S ince the first description of the radical neck dissection by George Crile almost a century ago, many variations and modifications of the procedure have been added. These include the functional neck dissection, the modified radical neck dissection, and various selective neck dissections. In response to the need for an organized approach in describing these operations, the Committee for Head an...

1 MD (Resident ENT Physician at EPM-UNIFESP). 2 MD, Head and Neck Surgeon (MD, Head and Neck Surgeon at EPM-UNIFESP). 3 MD, ENT, Head and Neck Surgeon (MD, ENT, Head and Neck Surgeon at EPM UNIFESP). 4 MSc on Pathology at EPM-UNIFESP (Professor in the Department of Pathology at EPM-UNIFESP). 5 Adjunct Professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at EPM-UNIFESP (V...

∗Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department Otorhinolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery, Amsterdam †Department Cardiology Thorax Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.