title: Transoral robotic surgery for early T classification hypopharyngeal cancer.
abstract: For hypopharyngeal cancer, transoral robotic surgery (TORS) has been reported as a new organ preserving treatment but outcomes are rarely reported.
  
  
  
  From 2010 to 2013, 10 patients with early T classification pyriform sinus cancer were selected to receive TORS and conventional neck dissection. The clinical parameters, including rates of adjuvant radiotherapy, survivals, as well as organ and function preservation, were retrospectively analyzed.
  
  
  
  TORS was successful in all 10 patients, and 5 patients received adjuvant radiotherapy. After mean follow-up of 26 months, 1 patient died of distant metastasis and 1 patient died of other malignancy. There was no local recurrence and larynxes were all preserved. Eight surviving patients who were followed up continuously could receive oral intake and had a serviceable voice without tracheostomy or feeding tubes.
  
  
  
  TORS is a feasible transoral approach for selected patients with early T classification hypopharyngeal cancer. The reported oncologic/functional outcomes are satisfactory. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38: 857-862, 2016.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.|School of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.|Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chen-Chi
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.|Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shih-An
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Shang-Heng
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.|Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ching-Ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.|Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.|School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Kai-Li
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.|Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.|School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Rong-San
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.|Department of Radiation Oncology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Jin-Ching
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D065287:Robotic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: da Vinci robotic system; hypopharyngeal cancer; organ preservation; survival rate; transoral robotic surgery