Laryngectomy

12/01/2012 - "Complete surgical resection of the tumor via partial or total laryngectomy is the first-line treatment in locally invasive disease. "
08/01/2009 - "Although voice restoration for alaryngeal speakers can be attained with any of 3 speech options - esophageal speech, electrolarynx and surgical voice restoration (SVR) using a valve the SVR technique has today become the preferred method and 'gold standard.' Successful tracheo-esophageal voice restoration in laryngectomy patients can be very rewarding, and patients are no longer condemned to silence while they await the results of their cancer treatments. "
03/01/2013 - "The main purpose of the study was to assess the role and efficacy of high-dose-rate (HDRBT) and pulsed-dose-rate (PDRBT) brachytherapy in the palliative treatment of recurrent or residual stomal tumor after total laryngectomy. "
06/01/2001 - "However, in selected cases, small tumors may also be treated successfully with partial glottic-subglottic laryngectomy. "
03/01/2005 - "The aim of this study was to analyse prognostic factors for disease free interval (DFI) and overall survival (OS) among patients with larynx and hypopharynx cancer requiring a total laryngectomy. "

03/01/2008 - "Radiation therapy (RT) is one of the gold standard treatments for early laryngeal cancer, and total laryngectomy is still the most applied surgical procedure after failure. "
05/01/2015 - "Total laryngectomy (TL) and postoperative radiotherapy (RT), when indicated, have proven to be effective in treating cases of locally advanced laryngeal cancer. "
12/01/2005 - "In the national VA Larynx Cancer Trial, successful organ preservation was associated with an overall improvement in quality of life but not in subjective speech compared with long-term laryngectomy survivors. "
07/01/2012 - "The addition of chemotherapy to radiotherapy in T3 laryngeal cancer significantly improved LC and laryngectomy-free survival without statistically significant increases in late toxicity or deterioration of quality of life or voice handicap index."
08/01/2002 - "A prospective clinical trial in patients with advanced laryngeal cancer was undertaken to determine whether the frequency of late salvage laryngectomy and overall survival could be improved using one cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy to select patients for organ preservation. "

01/01/2004 - "The best results in treatment of laryngeal carcinoma by partial laryngectomies were achieved by operations in vertical plane (cordectomy, vertical laryngectomy and hemilaryngectomy), the less positive--by operations in horizontal plane (supraglottic horizontal laryngectomy)."
05/01/2002 - "On the basis of our data and the literature, early or moderately advanced supraglottic carcinomas may be treated successfully with either supraglottic laryngectomy or radiotherapy. "
09/01/2000 - "The long-term result of partial laryngectomy for glottic carcinoma is as good as total laryngectomy, and for supraglottic carcinoma, partial laryngectomy is superior to total laryngectomy. "
01/01/1996 - "Based on our data and the literature, early or moderately advanced supraglottic carcinomas may be treated successfully with either supraglottic laryngectomy or radiotherapy. "
02/01/1995 - "Thus, we believe that the main therapy for subglottic carcinoma, except T1, should be surgery to obtain a better outcome, and that adjuvant chemotherapy after irradiation or neck (paratracheal) dissection with total laryngectomy should be performed in advanced cases."

06/01/2008 - "Pharyngocutaneous fistula remains the most frequent complication of total laryngectomy despite improved preoperative assessment and postoperative care. "
05/01/2011 - "Mechanical stapler closure of the pharynx after total laryngectomy was associated with a significant reduction in the incidence of pharyngocutaneous fistula compared with manual suture in selected cases."
01/01/2005 - "More studies are needed to prove the efficacy of preoperative nutrition in reducing the incidence of fistula after laryngectomy."
08/01/2003 - "The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of a pectoralis major myogenous flap in the prevention of pharyngocutaneous fistula in patients who have undergone total laryngectomy. "
01/01/2015 - "This study looked at a total of 32 different parameters considered to be effective in the development of pharyngocutaneous fistula after total laryngectomy. "

02/01/2014 - "The gold standard for the management of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma in a previously irradiated patient is "salvage" total laryngectomy, but surgical management by partial laryngectomy can sometimes be proposed in selected patients. "
08/01/2015 - "The goal of the study was to determine the role of routine total thyroidectomy and hemithyroidectomy in patients undergoing total laryngectomy for laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. "
05/01/2015 - "The purpose of this study was to evaluate the oncological and functional results of patients affected by laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and surgically treated by supracricoid partial laryngectomy (SCPL) at the ENT Department of the University Hospital of Ferrara. "
01/01/2015 - "Several studies in the last decade evaluated conservative surgical procedures and, in particular, supracricoid operations as an alternative to total laryngectomy for the salvage of recurrences of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) after a first attempt of organ preservation. "
08/01/2014 - "A retrospective review of T and T2 glottic squamous cell carcinoma patients undergoingfrontolateral laryngectomy in the department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital between 1986 and 2006 with a minimum of five years follow-up period Out of 55 patients who underwent frontolateral laryngectomy, 50 cases that fitted the criteria were recruited for the present study. "