Soft palate preservation after tumor resection with transoral laser microsurgery
- Autores: Kuauhyama Luna Ortiz, Antonio Gómez Pedraza, Adalberto Mosqueda Taylor
- Localización: Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal. Ed. inglesa, ISSN-e 1698-6946, Vol. 18, Nº. 3, 2013, págs. 445-448
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
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 2 .
Objectives :
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 :
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.
