Transoral Neck Surgery
This text will serve as a guide for both the head and neck surgeon and the general surgeon in the technical and clinical aspects of transformative transoral neck surgery. It provides the reader with a comprehensive understanding of transora
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Transoral Neck Surgery
Jonathon O. Russell • William B. Inabnet III Ralph P. Tufano Editors
Transoral Neck Surgery
Editors Jonathon O. Russell Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Johns Hopkins Medicine Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Baltimore, MD USA
William B. Inabnet III Department of Surgery University of Kentucky Lexington, KY USA
Ralph P. Tufano Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Johns Hopkins Medicine Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Baltimore, MD USA
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To our patients, whose courage and trust made this possible.
Preface
“It’s not the things you don’t know that hurt you. It’s the things you think you know that aren’t true.” “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” – Henry Ford
For more than 100 years, thyroid surgery has been performed through a central neck incision as demonstrated by Theodor Kocher. The endurance of the technique with only minor modifications is a testament to the elegance of the procedure and the excellent outcomes that can be expected when performed by experienced surgeons. While this excellence is the ultimate goal of all surgical procedures, it has left little room for significant innovation. Despite advances in energy devices, nerve monitoring, and even preoperative imaging, the actual approach itself has been inviolable: patients should expect a cervical incision that will generally heal well but will always leave a permanent scar. Our knowledge of thyroid cancer, molecular markers, prognosticat
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