Live Webcast: Innovative Surgery For Throat Cancer


Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center (OLOL) will broadcast an endoscopic partial laryngectomy using transoral laser microsurgery to remove cancerous tumors in the voice box and throat. This technique is minimally invasive with no incision or tracheotomy. Patients spend less time in the hospital and have a quicker return to normal activity. OLOL in partnership with LSU is the only medical center in the region performing this advanced procedure. This live surgical demonstration and panel discussion will broadcast over the internet on Thursday, May 10, 6:00 pm central time on OR-Live.comTransoral laser microsurgery involves using an endoscope to view the larynx and voice box through the mouth. Looking through a microscope, the surgeon directs the laser toward the tumor and uses the laser to divide the tumor into manageable sections that can be removed through the endoscope.







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Uploaded: April 27, 2007 at 7:47 pm
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Tags: cancer voice-box throat tracheotomy cancerous microsurgery laryngectomy surgery tumor dysphagia otolaryngologist

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