TY - JOUR
T1 - Laser-assisted surgery of the upper aero-digestive tract
T2 - a clarification of nomenclature. A consensus statement of the European Laryngological Society
AU - Remacle, Marc
AU - Arens, Christoph
AU - Eldin, Mostafa Badr
AU - Campos, Guillermo
AU - Estomba, Carlos Chiesa
AU - Dulguerov, Pavel
AU - Fiz, Ivana
AU - Hantzakos, Anastasios
AU - Keghian, Jerôme
AU - Mora, Francesco
AU - Matar, Nayla
AU - Peretti, Giorgio
AU - Piazza, Cesare
AU - Postma, Gregory N.
AU - Prasad, Vyas
AU - Sjogren, Elisabeth
AU - Dikkers, Frederik G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - Acronyms and abbreviations are frequently used in otorhinolaryngology and other medical specialties. CO2 laser-assisted transoral surgery of the pharynx, the larynx and the upper airway is a family of commonly performed surgical procedures termed transoral laser microsurgery (TLM). The abbreviation TLM can be confusing because of alternative modes of delivery. Classification and definition of the different types of procedures, performed transorally or transnasally, are proposed by the Working Committee for Nomenclature of the European Laryngological Society, emphasizing the type of laser used and the way this laser is transmitted. What is usually called TLM, would more clearly be defined as CO2 laser transoral microsurgery or CO2 TOLMS or CO2 laser transoral surgery only (with a handpiece) would be defined as CO2 TOLS. KTP transnasal flexible laser surgery would be KTP TNFLS. Transoral use of the flexible CO2 wave-guide with a handpiece would be a CO2 TOFLS. One can argue that these clarifications are not necessary and that the abbreviation TLM for transoral laser microsurgery is more than sufficient. But this is not the case. Laser surgery, office-based laser surgery and microsurgery are frequently and erroneously interchanged for one another. These classifications allow for a clear understanding of what was performed and what the results meant.
AB - Acronyms and abbreviations are frequently used in otorhinolaryngology and other medical specialties. CO2 laser-assisted transoral surgery of the pharynx, the larynx and the upper airway is a family of commonly performed surgical procedures termed transoral laser microsurgery (TLM). The abbreviation TLM can be confusing because of alternative modes of delivery. Classification and definition of the different types of procedures, performed transorally or transnasally, are proposed by the Working Committee for Nomenclature of the European Laryngological Society, emphasizing the type of laser used and the way this laser is transmitted. What is usually called TLM, would more clearly be defined as CO2 laser transoral microsurgery or CO2 TOLMS or CO2 laser transoral surgery only (with a handpiece) would be defined as CO2 TOLS. KTP transnasal flexible laser surgery would be KTP TNFLS. Transoral use of the flexible CO2 wave-guide with a handpiece would be a CO2 TOFLS. One can argue that these clarifications are not necessary and that the abbreviation TLM for transoral laser microsurgery is more than sufficient. But this is not the case. Laser surgery, office-based laser surgery and microsurgery are frequently and erroneously interchanged for one another. These classifications allow for a clear understanding of what was performed and what the results meant.
KW - Laser-assisted surgery
KW - Nomenclature
KW - TNFLS
KW - TOFLS
KW - TOLMS
KW - TOLS
KW - Transoral laser microsurgery (TLM)
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U2 - 10.1007/s00405-017-4708-3
DO - 10.1007/s00405-017-4708-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 28819810
AN - SCOPUS:85027871009
SN - 0937-4477
VL - 274
SP - 3723
EP - 3727
JO - European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
JF - European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
IS - 10
ER -