Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in South Africa

Fagan, J.J.; Wetter, Julie; Joseph, Christopher A.; Donde, Bernard

dc.contributor.author	Fagan, J.J.
dc.contributor.author	Wetter, Julie
dc.contributor.author	Joseph, Christopher A.
dc.contributor.author	Donde, Bernard
dc.date.accessioned	2017-03-27T10:26:02Z
dc.date.available	2017-03-27T10:26:02Z
dc.date.issued	2017-01
dc.description.abstract	A series of two-page advertisements have appeared in the September and November 2016 issues of the SAMJ, entitled ‘da Vinci Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) is a minimally invasive alternative to open surgery and full-dose chemoradiation therapy for diseases of the head and neck’. As these advertisements go beyond simply marketing surgical equipment, but seek to influence patients, referring doctors, oncologists and head and neck surgeons on how to treat cancers of the head and neck and sleep apnoea, we have taken the unusual step of writing to the editor of the SAMJ to correct some misconceptions in the advertisement.	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Otorhinolaryngology	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	am2017	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http://www.samj.org.za	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Fagajn, JJ, Wetter, J, Joseph, C & Donde, B 2017, 'Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in South Africa', South African Medical Journal, vol. 107, no. 1, pp. 6.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i1.12241
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59553
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Health and Medical Publishing Group	en_ZA
dc.rights	© 2017 Health & Medical Publishing Group. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 3.0).	en_ZA
dc.subject	Surgical resection	en_ZA
dc.subject	South Africa (SA)	en_ZA
dc.subject	Transoral robotic surgery (TORS)	en_ZA
dc.title	Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) in South Africa	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA