Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 597-602 , August 2010

Feasiblity of transoral robotic hypopharyngectomy for early-stage hypopharyngeal carcinoma

  • Young Min Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Won Shik Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Hyung Kwon Byeon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Armando De Virgilio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology “G. Ferreri”, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Jin Sei Jung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Se-Heon Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 2 2228 3622; fax: +82 2 393 0580.

Received 19 April 2010 ,Revised 14 May 2010 ,Accepted 14 May 2010.

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PII: S1368-8375(10)00163-6

doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.05.003

Oral Oncology
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 597-602 , August 2010

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