[Transoral treatment strategies in head and neck tumors]

The introduction of transoral endoscopic surgery resulted in a significant reduction of surgical trauma and a paradigm change from transcervical to transoral surgical treatment in head and neck tumors. In selected cases minimally invasive transoral resections allow a reduction of morbidity without deteriorating oncological results. Thus, transoral surgical techniques gained more acceptance, led to an extension of the indications and technologies as well as an improvement of surgical instruments.Depending on the anatomical localization transoral treatment strategies and their indications are described and relevant literature is discussed according to new developments and results.