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Endoscopic CO 2 laser excisional biopsy of early supraglottic cancer
Author(s) -
Davis R. Kim,
Kelly Steven Michael,
Hayes John
Publication year - 1991
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 - 10.1288/00005537-199106000-00019
Subject(s) - salt lake , otorhinolaryngology , medicine , head and neck surgery , head and neck cancer , head and neck , general surgery , surgery , radiation therapy , geology , paleontology , structural basin
Endoscopic CO2 laser excisional biopsy of selected early supraglottic cancer patients has been described. None of these patients experienced the perioperative morbidities of bleeding, airway obstruction, or aspiration beyond 3 or 4 days. All patients were treated with full-course standard irradiation therapy after their laser procedures. Our very preliminary data suggest that stage I and stage II patients are effectively treated with endoscopic CO2 laser excisional biopsy, whereas stage III patients should undergo open surgeries where medically possible.