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Luna Ortiz, Kuauhyama; Gómez Pedraza, Antonio; Mosqueda Taylor, Adalberto
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This document is a artículoDate2013
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http://hdl.handle.net/10550/35606
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Background: Management and preservation of the soft palate is dependent on clinical stage and tumor histology.
However, available literature is scarce regarding the palate preservation with the use of laser CO
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Objectives
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We report the results obtained after management with laser surgery and soft palate preservation in
three patients with salivary gland neoplasms.
Method:
Three patients with minor salivary gland tumors were treated by means of transoral laser microsurgery.
All tumors were assessed using magnetic resonance imaging. All tumors were >3 cm. Soft palate function was
preserved and reconstruction was performed with primary closure. Patients began oral feeding the same day and
were discharged after 24 h.
Conclusions
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Transoral laser microsurgery is recommended for treatment of soft palate tumors. This treatment can
be considered a better option when compared with other modalities such as radio- or chemoradiotherapy which
require a longer time of treatment, are more expensive and tend to produce significant toxicity.
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Luna Ortiz, Kuauhyama ; Gómez Pedraza, Antonio ; Mosqueda Taylor, Adalberto. Soft palate preservation after tumor resection with transoral laser microsurgery. En: Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal. Ed inglesa, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 3: 445-448 |