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work_6oxcvy72tbecrlxlwy4rdvhkya	Eugene L. Son	The surgical plane for lingual tonsillectomy: an anatomic study	2016.0	5	.pdf	application/pdf	2588	281	56	The surgical plane for lingual tonsillectomy: an anatomic study Background: The presence of a plane between the lingual tonsils and the underlying soft tissue has not been Methods: Five cadaver heads were obtained for dissection of the lingual tonsils. Robot assisted lingual tonsillectomy was performed using the dissection Results: In each of the 5 cadavers, an avascular plane was revealed deep to the lingual tonsils. of the tongue base biopsies revealed a clear demarcation between the lingual tonsils and the underlying minor Keywords: Lingual tonsil, Surgical plane, Transoral robotic surgery, Lingual tonsillectomy between the lingual tonsils and the tongue musculature, although the change in tissue quantities becomes and then, dissection with the Iris scissors was performed in the lateral posterior direction until the lingual tonsils were removed en bloc on each side. relatively avascular plane deep to the lingual tonsils in cadaver dissection, in histologic sections and in vivo.	./cache/work_6oxcvy72tbecrlxlwy4rdvhkya.pdf	./txt/work_6oxcvy72tbecrlxlwy4rdvhkya.txt