Outcome of surgical management of laryngeal carcinoma: a 5-year experience.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To investigate the outcome of surgically managed laryngeal carcinoma patients attending an outpatient clinic over a 5-year period.

MATERIAL AND METHODS:

This was an analytical, retrospective, cross-sectional study. A total of 36 laryngeal carcinoma patients who were managed surgically with or without radiotherapy were analyzed.

RESULTS:

A total of 32 patients (89%) were found to be disease-free during follow-up for up to 5 years. Two patients (5.5%) died because of intercurrent infection and recurrence of the disease and two (5.5%) were lost to follow-up 5 and 7 months after surgery, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS:

The results indicate that the best disease-free rates can be achieved by managing laryngeal carcinoma surgically with or without radiotherapy depending on the advancement and aggressiveness of the disease.

• Authors: Dharma K Baskota, Rakesh Prasad, Bimal Kumar Sinha, Ram C M Amatya, Hari Bhattarai, Rajendra P S Guragain
• Journal: Acta oto-laryngologica (Acta Otolaryngol) Vol. 124 Issue 6 Pg. 739-43 (Aug 2004) ISSN: 0001-6489 [Print] England
• PMID: 15515500 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Carcinoma, Squamous Cell (pathology, surgery)
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Female
• Humans
• Laryngeal Neoplasms (pathology, surgery)
• Laryngectomy (methods)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Neck Dissection
• Neoplasm Recurrence, Local (epidemiology)
• Nepal (epidemiology)
• Postoperative Complications (epidemiology)
• Retrospective Studies
• Treatment Outcome