The emergence of endoscopic head and neck surgery.
Endoscopic and minimally invasive techniques represent a natural evolution for the discipline of head and neck surgery. Endoscopic head and neck surgery (eHNS) encompasses transoral laser microsurgery, transoral robotic surgery, as well as video-assisted and robotic surgery of the neck and thyroid. In the next 5 years, with robotic surgery and laser technology as a common platform, we foresee the development and widespread use of eHNS procedures, via transoral and transaxillary approaches.
Holsinger
Floyd Christopher
FC
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. holsinger@mdanderson.org
Sweeney
Alexander D
AD
Jantharapattana
Kitti
K
Salem
Ahmed
A
Weber
Randal S
RS
Chung
Woong Youn
WY
Lewis
Carol M
CM
Grant
David G
DG
D004724:Endoscopy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D012371:Robotics; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted