[Laser and glottis excision]

The CO2 laser is being used in several department for primary treatment of limited vocal cord carcinoma. The surgical resection is not the same in several department. One speaks of vaporisation, laser excision, cordectomy, deep cordectomy. The purpose of this paper is to definitive 3 types of laser surgery for glottic cancer = partial cordectomy, cordectomy with exposition, enlarged cordectomy. This classification allow to know with precision the importance of the surgical resection in each case.