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Management of hypopharyngeal carcinoma: a 6-year review
R G Wight1, M A Birchall, N D Stafford
1Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, St Mary's Hospital, London.
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
A retrospective review of 16 consecutive cases of squamous carcinoma of the hypopharynx treated by pharyngo-laryngo-oesophagectomy (PLO) and gastric transposition with a thoracotomy as part of the surgical technique is presented. An operative mortality of 6% and a hospital mortality of 12% occurred. Other complications are discussed. No significant morbidity or mortality occurred as a result of the thoracotomy. A comparison is made with the extra-thoracic technique of gastric transposition.