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Supracricoid Partial Laryngectomies in the Elderly
Author(s) -
Laccourreye Ollivier,
Brasnu Daniel,
Périé Sophie,
Muscatello Luca,
Ménard Madeleine,
Weinstein Gregory
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1097/00005537-199802000-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , incidence (geometry) , perioperative , univariate analysis , laryngectomy , aspiration pneumonia , survival rate , multivariate analysis , pneumonia , larynx , physics , optics
A review of the postoperative course, complications, and functional outcome of 69 elderly patients (older than 65 years of age) consecutively managed with a supracricoid partial laryngectomy between 1977 and 1993 is presented. The tumors were glottic and supraglottic in origin in 53 and 16 patients, respectively. A cricohyoidoepiglottopexy, a tracheo‐cricohyoidoepiglottopexy, and a cricohyoidopexy were performed in 48, five, and 16 patients, respectively. Immediate laryngeal, cervical, and medical complications were noted in 5.8%, 10.2%, and 10.2% of patients, respectively. Supracricoid partial laryngectomies never resulted in perioperative or postoperative death. The 5‐year actuarial survival and local control estimates were 68%, and 93.9%, respectively. Late surgical complications included laryngocele, laryngeal stenosis, and pneumonia from aspiration‐related death in 4.3%, 4.3%, and 1.4% of patients, respectively. Completion total laryngectomy, permanent gastrostomy, and permanent tracheostomy were requested in 1.4%, 1.4%, and 2.9% of patients, respectively. Overall a 92.8% laryngeal preservation rate was achieved. Univariate analysis of the potential correlation of different factors with the mortality incidence and causes, the incidence and type of the various complications, and the incidence for postoperative aspiration is presented.