[Long term result of treatment of laryngeal carcinoma (1981-1990)]

Long term results were evaluated on the basis of the epidemiological and clinical analysis of 386 patients treated surgically because of squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx in the ENT Department, Medical University of Gdańsk between 1981-1990. Full recovery was achieved in 52.3% of patients, failure was found in 26.9%. In the treatment evaluation the following factors were taken into account: the age of patients, T and N classification and clinical staging, primary location of the tumour. The treatment results, concerning the years 1981-1990 were compared to the ones obtained in our clinic in 1971-1980; it has been stated that the differences between the percentage of recoveries and the failures are statistically unimportant.