Reliability and outcomes of lymph nodes biopsy in cT1-cT2 N0 supraglottic laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Background: In oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), sentinel node biopsy (SNB) was described as a reliable and reproductive alternative to elective neck dissection for the staging of clinical N0 T1-T2 patients. The SNB technique in supraglottic laryngeal SCC was successfully described in small series. The aim of this study is to analyze retrospectively the results of SNB technique in supraglottic SCC in CHU Godinne, to determine if the technique is reliable and may be proposed in a future multicentral prospective trial.

Aggressive recurrent respiratory papillomatosis: A series of five consecutive patients successfully treated with adjuvant intravenous bevacizumab. A single Belgian academic center experience.

Background: Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a currently incurable benign neoplasm caused by human papilloma virus (HPV) infection. It usually reduces voice, respiratory, and general quality of life, and is sometimes life-threatening. Patients usually need repeated operations.

Transoral robotic surgery hypopharyngectomy (TORSH): feasibility and outcomes.

Purpose: With the development of minimal invasive procedure, trans-oral robotic surgery (TORS) is expanding in the field of ENT. Most reviews focus on oropharyngeal and laryngeal (supra-glottic) localization. We report here the feasibility and outcomes of TORS hypopharyngectomy (TORSH) for selected patients with hypopharyngeal tumor.

Prognostic impact of tumor growth velocity in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated by radiotherapy: A pilot study.

Background: When a patient is seen with a newly diagnosed oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, it remains unclear to the treating physicians how fast the tumor growth rate is.

Methods: From patients with oropharynx squamous cell carcinoma treated by radiotherapy, the investigators selected comparable diagnostic CT-scan (DiCT) and radiotherapy planning CT-scan (RtCT). Tumor and pathological lymph node volumes were measured in order to calculate tumor progression.

Transoral Robotic Surgery Total Laryngectomy.

Objective: The aim of our study is to demonstrate our technique for performing transoral robotic surgical total laryngectomy (TORS-TL) with the use of the da Vinci robotic system.

Materials And Methods: We provide a comprehensive description of the TORS-TL operative techniques. Two fresh-frozen human cadavers were selected after ethics approval to describe the appropriate step-by-step surgical resection.