Early postoperative functional outcomes following transoral surgery for oropharyngeal cancer: A systematic review.
Head Neck
; 44(2): 530-547, 2022 02.
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| ID: mdl-34882886
ABSTRACT
There has been increased interest in the use of transoral surgery (TOS) for the treatment of oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). This systematic review summarizes the available evidence for validated functional outcomes following TOS for OPC, within the early postoperative period. Key databases were searched. Primary TOS resections of human subjects were included. Validated functional outcomes extracted included instrumental assessment, clinician rated, and patient reported measures. Database searches yielded 7186 titles between 1990 and December 2020. Full-text articles were obtained for 296 eligible studies, which were screened and a resulting 14 studies, comprising 665 participants were included in the review. Oropharyngeal dysfunction following TOS was observed across all three categories of outcome measures (OMs) reported and was dependent on pretreatment function, T-classification, and tumor volume. Future investigations should include optimal OMs to be used in the postoperative setting to allow for conclusive comparisons.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Oropharyngeal Neoplasms
Type of study:
Systematic_reviews
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Head Neck
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
Year:
2022
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United kingdom