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Successful adaptation during COVID-19 pandemic: oropharyngeal cancer biopsies under local anaesthetic

2020-10-12

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Key points: 1. In selected patients, biopsies of oropharyngeal lesions including the tonsils can be performed under local anaesthetic safely. 2. The technique described was found to be well tolerated by the patients and there were no adverse outcomes. 3. Performing these biopsies under local anaesthetic eliminates the morbidity associated with general anaesthesia. 4. Performing these biopsies under local anaesthet...

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Literature Corpus work: 831b62bd-6be3-58e8-923e-0fc462e7360d
DOI: 10.22541/au.160253817.70077163/v1

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