Kishan Ubayasiri Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
facial plastic surgery, neck oncologic surgery, head oncologic surgery
ENT Interface Head and Neck Fellow,
Mr Kishan Ubayasiri is currently a specialist trainee year 6 (ST6) on the East Midlands rotation. His subspecialty interests are aesthetic and reconstructive facial plastic surgery and head and neck oncologic surgery. He is a member of ENT UK and the European Academy of Facial Plastic Surgeons. He is also an active member of the Association of Otolaryngologists in Training.
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Author(s): Giridharan Wijayasingam, Richard Wei Chern Gan, Kishan Ubayasiri, Karan Jolly, Sean Mortimore and Mriganka De
The incidence of oropharyngeal carcinoma is increasing as a result of increasing Human Papilloma Virus (HPV subtypes 16 and 18) infection of the oropharynx. 31 patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma were treated in a university teaching hospital. The primary cancer was resected by either transoral laser microsurgery or transoral robotic surgery. Patients underwent simultaneous neck dissection when indicated. The Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) decided whether patients required postoperative radiotherapy/ chemoradiotherapy depending on tumour and patient factors. Survival was analyzed using a Kaplan-Meier estimator. The results were discussed alongside a literature search on oropharyngeal carcinoma management. 87.4% patients were disease free at 1 y... view more»