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Glottic cancer with extension to the arytenoid
Author(s) -
Ogura Joseph H.,
Sessions Donald G.,
Ciralsky Robert H.
Publication year - 1975
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 - 10.1288/00005537-197511000-00004
Subject(s) - medicine , cure rate , cancer , surgery , glottis , arytenoid cartilage , larynx
Hemilaryngectomy with removal of a greater part or all of the arytenoid was done in 79 patients with good functional results with an overall cure rate and salvage rate of 94 percent. The survival rate for the primary modality of therapy was 90 percent.