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Management of advanced-stage laryngeal cancer
P A Levine1, D F Brasnu, A Ruparelia
1Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
|February 1, 1997
Abstract:
Although the total laryngectomy is still the most reliable and simplest method for treating advanced laryngeal carcinoma, the shortcomings of the sequelae of the procedure have provided a constant challenge for improvement and change. Two alternatives that have shown some success are the Pearson near-total laryngectomy and the supracricoid partial laryngectomy with cricohyoidopexy and with cricohyoidoepiglottopexy. This article covers the procedural differences between these alternatives to the total laryngectomy.