Interest of Bilateral Basic Tongue Mucosectomy Assisted by Robot or Laser in Combination with Tonsillectomy in the Assessment of Prevalent Cervical Lymphadenopathy

Vianney BASTIT, MD

CONTACT

Lead Sponsor

Centre Francois Baclesse

Age

18 - No limit years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

•Patient with a prevalent head and neck lymphadenopathy with positive or non-contributory fine needle aspiration, or having had an adenectomy revealing a metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma, a PET examination, an injected cervico-thoracic CT and an ENT work-up (nasofibroscopy) not finding a primary tumor
•Performance Status \< 2
•Patient aged 18 or over
•Patient affiliated with social security system
•Informed consent signed

•History of squamous cell carcinoma of the VADS or skin of the face.
•History of cervico-facial radiotherapy
•Primary tumor discovering during pan-endoscopy
•Inexposable patient lead not to possible mucosectomy
•Uncontrollable hemostasis disorders (contraindication to tonsillectomy and basic bilateral mucosectomy of language)
•Distant metastases
•Lymphadenopathy inoperable
•Patient with a contraindication to radiotherapy
•Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
•Women of childbearing potential without effective contraception
•Patient under guardianship or unable to give informed consent
•Patient unable to undergo the trial follow-up for geographic, social or psychopathological reasons