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SUPRACRICOID LARYNGECTOMY: A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LARYNGEAL CANCER
Author(s) -
Coman William B.,
Grigg Roger G.,
Tomkinson Alun,
Gallagher Richard M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04831.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngectomy , thyroid cartilage , larynx , laryngeal neoplasm , arytenoid cartilage , cancer , surgery , basal cell , thyroid cancer , cricoid cartilage
Supracricoid laryngectomy is a new development in the treatment of laryngeal cancer in Australia. It allows the removal of both vocal cords, vestibular folds, and the entire thyroid cartilage including the paraglottic space without the loss of laryngeal function. This technique may offer a significant advance in the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. This paper reviews the surgical management of laryngeal cancer and discusses this new technique with modifications, indications for its use and the advantages of supracricoid laryngectomy. Case reports of seven patients operated on in our institution are included.