1 Recommendations

1 Recommendations

1.1

Current evidence on the efficacy and safety of transoral carbon dioxide laser surgery for the primary treatment of oropharyngeal malignancy is adequate to support the use of this procedure with normal arrangements for clinical governance, consent and audit.

1.2

This procedure should only be carried out by clinicians who have been trained in the use of transoral carbon dioxide laser surgery in the oropharynx.

1.4

Clinicians should enter details of all patients undergoing transoral carbon dioxide laser surgery for the primary treatment of oropharyngeal malignancy onto the Data for Head and Neck Oncology (DAHNO) database.