Dear Editor, We would like to take the opportunity to comment our point of view on the current role of cricohyoidoepiglottopexy in the treatment of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSSC). Since 1984 our group has performed 456 supracricoid partial laryngectomies (SPL), 81 of which were crico-hyoid-epiglottopexies (CHEP). We used this technique in T1, T2 and in selected T3 LSCC. Over the years...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate our experience in management of radiotherapy failure using endoscopic resection (ER) with carbon dioxide laser, open-neck partial laryngectomy (ONPL), and total laryngectomy. DESIGN Retrospective medical record review. SETTING Referral university hospital. PATIENTS Seventy-one patients with laryngeal cancer previously treated with radiotherapy (69 patients) and chemo...

INTRODUCTION Airway foreign bodies (FBs) are often removed with endoscopic techniques. Although the vast majority of FBs can be removed endoscopically, this is not possible in all situations. With FBs that are either located beyond the reach of endoscopy or in the presence of significant granulation tissue, endoscopic removal may not be possible secondary to exceedingly high risk. Often in thes...

BACKGROUND To investigate the relationship between paraglottic space (PGS) invasion and lymph node metastasis in patients undergoing supracricoid partial laryngectomy. METHODS The study included 98 subjects with squamous cell carcinoma of the glottis. RESULTS The PGS invasion rate was 60.2% (59/98), and a significant correlation was found between PGS invasion and cervical lymph node metasta...

Hibernoma is an unusual tumour of brown adipose tissue. Brown adipose tissue is common in mammalian hibernating animals and acts as a thermogenic organ. A first case of hibernoma was reported in 1906 by Merkel. This tumour usually arises in the back, shoulder region, mediastinum, retroperitoneum and in the neck. The neck location of hibernomas is rare and only 18 cases of cervical hibernoma hav...