Fluorescence and autofluorescence is, no doubt, the hot-topic in thyroid surgery. Fluorescence is a physical phenomenon where a substance absorbs light or electromagnetic radiation at one wavelength and then re-emits it at a longer wavelength. When a material absorbs photons, electrons in the material’s atoms or molecules are elevated from their ground state to anContinue reading “Autofluorescence”
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The ORATOR randomized trial
We need to talk about the ORATOR trial. ORATOR is (was) the most ambitious randomized prospective study on TransOral Robotic Surgery (TORS) for oropharyngeal cancer ever attempted. If was targeted at the original decision, which is the primary treatment: primary surgery versus primary radiation therapy. That is the usual critical initial decision we need toContinue reading “The ORATOR randomized trial”