Open AccessProximal Esophageal Stenosis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients after Total Laryngectomy and Radiation
Author(s) -
Kim Nhien Vu,
Terry A. Day,
M. Boyd Gillespie,
Bonnie MartinHarris,
Debajyoti Sinha,
Robert K. Stuart,
Anand K. Sharma
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.481
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1423-0275
pISSN - 0301-1569
DOI - 10.1159/000130870
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngectomy , dysphagia , stenosis , radiation therapy , esophageal cancer , surgery , incidence (geometry) , head and neck cancer , retrospective cohort study , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , larynx , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
There has been an increasing focus on late functional effects of head and neck cancer (HNC) treatment. This study was undertaken to evaluate the incidence of late proximal esophageal stricture in patients undergoing total laryngectomy (TL) and radiation therapy (RT).