Traditional vs Advanced Thyroidectomy: Patient Preference

Abstract

Poster Presentations P185 POSTERScareful outpatient workup, including CT/PET studies, failed to reveal a source. Of this group, a primary source was found in eight by tonsillectomy and directed biopsies. In the remaining 9, transoral laser resection of the ipsilateral base of tongue was performed, and a base of tongue source was found in 4. In all of these, no lesion was visualized or palpable, there were no procedure complications, patients returned to adequate PO intake immediately and operative time increased by forty minutes on average. Conclusion:We conclude that transoral laser resection of the base of tongue in the workup of unknown primary HN cancers is safe, is well-tolerated, and provides valuable information for therapeutic planning as a supplement to other traditional diagnostic modalities, when no primary source has been previously identified.