Quality of Life Implications After Transoral Robotic Surgery for Oropharyngeal Cancers

Christopher M.K.L. Yao, Katherine A. Hutcheson

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Abstract

Oropharyngeal cancers and their treatment can exquisitely affect a patient's quality of life and functional outcome. Transoral robotic surgery offers a minimally invasive surgical approach that mitigates injury from traditional open surgical approaches and offers a treatment more likely to have short-term side effects compared with nonsurgical treatment. Feeding tube dependence, oral intake, and swallowing questionnaires, in addition to swallowing evaluations provide a snapshot of a patient's current swallowing function. Investigation of patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes allows for understanding of their symptomatology and the comparison of different treatment strategies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1117-1129
Number of pages13
JournalOtolaryngologic Clinics of North America
Volume53
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2020

Keywords

  • Functional outcomes
  • PROMs
  • Quality of life

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Otorhinolaryngology

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