Transoral Robotic Surgery and the Unknown Primary: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

• Published in: Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery Vol. 150; no. 6; p. 976
• Main Authors: Byrd, J Kenneth, Smith, Kenneth J, de Almeida, John R, Albergotti, W Greer, Davis, Kara S, Kim, Seungwon W, Johnson, Jonas T, Ferris, Robert L, Duvvuri, Umamaheswar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.06.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - secondary; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - surgery; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Direct Service Costs; Female; Head and Neck Neoplasms - secondary; Head and Neck Neoplasms - surgery; Hospital Costs; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms, Unknown Primary - surgery; Retrospective Studies; Robotic Surgical Procedures - economics; TORS; cost-effectiveness analysis; transoral robotic surgery; occult primary

To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for the diagnosis and treatment of cervical unknown primary squamous cell carcinoma (CUP). Case series with chart review. Tertiary academic hospital. A retrospective chart review was performed on patients with new occult primary...