Combined transoral and endoscopic approach for cervical spine tumor resection

Exclusive Endoscopic Resection of Nasopharyngeal Papillary Adenocarcinoma via Combined Transnasal and Transoral Approach

Low grade nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma (LGNPPA) is an extremely rare variant of nasopharyngeal cancer, which exhibits distinct clinicopathological characteristics. Surgical resection has been regarded as the principal treatment. For this, transpalatal or transfacial approach has been classically used for exposure of the field. Up for now, there has been no report on applying endoscop...

Transoral vs. Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Clival/Upper Cervical Chordoma

The surgical results of 18 cases of clival/upper cervical chordoma treated in the last decade via the endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA, 9 cases) and the transoral-transpalatal approach (TO-TPA, 9 cases) were compared. Each group showed the same incidence of subdural invasion, with 5 cases each. The superior (frontal base) and lateral surgical fields were wider by EEA, but the inferior view lo...

Transoral Resection of Giant Parapharyngeal Space Tumors via a Combined Surgical Approach

Introduction: Parapharyngeal space (PPS) tumors account for 0.5% of the head and neck neoplasms. Based on the evidence, 80% of these tumors are of a benign nature. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice for this condition. The present study was conducted to propose transoral resection as an efficient way to excise the benign well-defined tumors of the PPS.   Materials and Methods: Thi...

Endoscope-assisted Transoral Approach for Parapharyngeal Space Tumor Resection

Transoral approach to the cervical spine: report of four cases.

The transoral approach to the upper cervical spine is an established but little used route, offering excellent access with good wound healing, to lesions of the bodies of the atlas, axis and upper part of the third cervical vertebra. The authors report four cases which demonstrate the value of the procedure.