Trends in the surgical management of parapharyngeal space tumors: A single-center retrospective analysis.

Journal: European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Surgery remains the mainstay treatment for parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumors. Given the rapid advance and increasing usage of endoscopic and robotic techniques, we aimed to investigate the surgical trends of PPS tumors in our institution and analyze their impact on patients' treatment outcomes.

Authors

  • Xiaoke Zhu
    Department of Otolaryngology, Shanghai Key Clinical Disciplines of Otorhinolaryngology, Eye Ear Nose & Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China.
  • Xiaoling Shi
    Department of Otolaryngology, Shanghai Key Clinical Disciplines of Otorhinolaryngology, Eye Ear Nose & Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China.
  • Liang Zhou
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China. liang.zhou@fdeent.org.
  • Ming Zhang
    Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Laboratory Animals and Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Harbin 150030, China.
  • Lei Cheng
    State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Yong Shi
    Research Center on Fictitious Economy and Data Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Key Laboratory of Big Data Mining and Knowledge Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; College of Information Science and Technology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA. Electronic address: yshi@ucas.ac.cn.
  • Chengzhi Xu
    Department of Otolaryngology, Shanghai Key Clinical Disciplines of Otorhinolaryngology, Eye Ear Nose & Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China.
  • Chunping Wu
    Department of Otolaryngology, Shanghai Key Clinical Disciplines of Otorhinolaryngology, Eye Ear Nose & Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China.
  • Quan Liu
    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.
  • Pengyu Cao
    Department of Otolaryngology, Shanghai Key Clinical Disciplines of Otorhinolaryngology, Eye Ear Nose & Throat Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China. Electronic address: cpysurgical@hotmail.com.
  • Lei Tao
    National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing, 100050, China.