Trans-oral robotic surgery and surgeon-performed trans-oral ultrasound for intraoperative location and excision of an isolated retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Journal: American journal of otolaryngology
PMID: 25964171

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Retropharyngeal metastases are uncommon but a well-known location for regional spread of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma (WDTC). Surgeon-performed, trans-oral ultrasound (SP-TO-US) and trans-oral robot-assisted surgical (TORS) excision represent a unique combination of technology and techniques in the treatment of isolated retropharyngeal thyroid metastases.

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  • Ryan P Goepfert
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco. Electronic address: rgoepfert@ohns.ucsf.edu.
  • Chienying Liu
    Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Electronic address: chienying.liu@ucsf.edu.
  • William R Ryan
    Division of Head and Neck Oncologic/Endocrine Surgery, University of California, San Francisco. Electronic address: William.ryan@ucsf.edu.

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