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T1  - Transoral Robotic Surgery in the Nordic Countries : Current Status and Perspectives 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/238494 
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A1  - Mäkitie, Antti A.; Keski-Säntti, Harri; Markkanen-Leppänen, Mari; Bäck, Leif; Koivunen, Petri; Ekberg, Tomas; Sandström, Karl; Laurell, Göran; von Beckerath, Mathias; Nilsson, Johan S.; Wahlberg, Peter; Greiff, Lennart; Spaak, Lena Norberg; Kjaergaard, Thomas; Godballe, Christian; Rikardsen, Oddveig; Channir, Hani Ibrahim; Rubek, Niclas; von Buchwald, Christian 
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Y1  - 2018 
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AB  - Background: The five Nordic countries with a population of 27 M people form a rather homogenous region in terms of health care. The management of head and neck cancer is centralized to the 21 university hospitals in these countries. Our aim was to gain an overview of the volume and role of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) and to evaluate the need to centralize it in this area as the field is rapidly developing. Materials and Methods: A structured questionnaire was sent to all 10 Departments of O... 
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KW  - head and neck; surgery; management; centralization; cancer; SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA; UNKNOWN PRIMARY; NECK; HEAD; FEASIBILITY; MANAGEMENT; CENTERS; TRIAL; BASE; 3122 Cancers; 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology; 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health 
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