The aim of this study was to establish the incidence, risk factors, and the management of pharyngocutaneous fistula (PCF) after primary and salvage total laryngectomy. A retrospective, match-paired analysis of 86 patients who developed fistula after total laryngectomy was carried out and compared with a control group of 86 patients without fistula, randomly selected from a pool of 352 total lar...

BACKGROUND Current management of laryngeal malignancies is associated with significant morbidity. Application of minimally invasive transoral techniques may reduce the morbidity associated with traditional procedures. The purpose of this study was to present our investigation of the utility of a novel flexible robotic system for transoral supraglottic laryngectomy and total laryngectomy. METH...

Background. Carcinosarcoma is an extremely rare malignant neoplasm, with both a malignant epithelial and mesenchymal component, that rarely affects the larynx. Aim. Aim of this paper is to describe the case of a patient affected by a larynx carcinosarcoma treated by endoscopic horizontal partial laryngectomy with CO(2) laser and particularly discuss the histogenetic hypothesis as well as the po...

There is a paucity of information on listener perceptions Individuals with Laryngectomy (IWL) based different modes speech, in particular, speech following Supracricoid (SCL).

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BACKGROUND Indications for thyroidectomy during laryngectomy are controversial. We examined whether clinicopathologic features can predict thyroid gland involvement, and the prognostic effect of thyroid gland involvement in patients undergoing total laryngectomy. METHODS The study set out to review preoperative assessment, operation findings, pathologic findings, and follow-up data. RESULTS...

CONTEXT Swallowing is a continuous dynamic process, characterized by complex stages, that involves structures of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and esophagus. It can be divided into three phases: oral, pharyngeal and esophageal. Dysphagia is characterized by difficulty with, or the inability to swallow food of normal consistencies. OBJECTIVE To investigate the presence of swallowing difficu...

BACKGROUND The aim of the retrospective study was to compare the indications, the postoperative outcomes, and the survival of the supracricoid laryngectomy with cricohyoidoepiglottopexy and the anterior frontal laryngectomy. METHOD Nineteen patients who underwent cricohyoidoepiglottopexy (group I) and 23 patients who underwent reconstructive anterior frontal laryngectomy (group II) from Janua...

BACKGROUND Transoral, minimally invasive organ preservation surgeries are being increasingly used for laryngopharyngeal carcinomas to avoid the toxicities of combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy regimens. This study investigates the efficiency, safety, and functional outcomes of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) supraglottic laryngectomy. METHODS Patients with laryngeal cancer who under...

OBJECTIVE To observe the appliance value of epiglottis in laryngeal function reconstruction after partial laryngectomy. METHODS Thirty-two cases of glottic and superglottic carcinomas of larynx had conducted partial laryngectomy and the laryngeal function was reconstructed using epiglottis from December. 1992 to January 1996. RESULTS Nineteen of the twenty-one glottic carcinomas and five of...