Association of Transoral Robotic Surgery With Short-term and Long-term Outcomes and Costs of Care in Oropharyngeal Cancer Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The treatment of oropharyngeal cancer has undergone a paradigm shift in the past 2 decades, with an increase in the use of nonoperative treatment owing to poor functional outcomes associated with traditional surgical approaches. Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) allows surgical resection of oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) with less morbidity through a minimally invasive approach.

Objective

To investigate the relationship among TORS and short- and long-term outcomes and costs in surgically treated patients with OPC.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of 3573 patients who underwent an ablative procedure for OPC in 2010 to 2012 using the MarketScan Commercial Claim and Encounters database.

Main outcomes and measures

The a

SUBMITTER: Motz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5824232 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature