title: The emergence of endoscopic head and neck surgery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. holsinger@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Floyd Christopher
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Holsinger
authors.forename: Alexander D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: Kitti
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jantharapattana
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salem
authors.forename: Randal S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Woong Youn
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Carol M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D012371:Robotics; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted