TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical experience with the treatment of T1b glottic cancer by means of horizontal glottectomy
AU - Pignataro, Lorenzo
AU - Capaccio, Pasquale
AU - Neglia, Cesare Bartolomeo
AU - Ottaviani, Antonio
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - This study describes the oncological and functional results of horizontal glottectomy performed in a series of 37 similar patients with T1b glottic cancers. The 5-year overall and disease-free survival rates were, respectively, 85.4% and 91.0%. Decannulation was always possible within a mean period of 16.2 days, and no patient developed laryngeal stenosis. A bypass naso-gastric tube was removed a mean 4.9 days after surgery, and adequate swallowing was soon obtained. The mean duration of post-operative hospitalization was 16 days and no major post-operative complications were observed. Satisfactory vocal function was obtained in all cases. On the basis of these results, horizontal glottectomy was found to be a reliable and safe procedure for the management of T1b glottic cancer.
AB - This study describes the oncological and functional results of horizontal glottectomy performed in a series of 37 similar patients with T1b glottic cancers. The 5-year overall and disease-free survival rates were, respectively, 85.4% and 91.0%. Decannulation was always possible within a mean period of 16.2 days, and no patient developed laryngeal stenosis. A bypass naso-gastric tube was removed a mean 4.9 days after surgery, and adequate swallowing was soon obtained. The mean duration of post-operative hospitalization was 16 days and no major post-operative complications were observed. Satisfactory vocal function was obtained in all cases. On the basis of these results, horizontal glottectomy was found to be a reliable and safe procedure for the management of T1b glottic cancer.
KW - Glottectomy
KW - Glottic surgery
KW - Laryngeal cancer
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U2 - 10.1007/s004050050225
DO - 10.1007/s004050050225
M3 - Article
C2 - 10867837
AN - SCOPUS:0034105674
VL - 257
SP - 216
EP - 218
JO - European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
JF - European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
SN - 0937-4477
IS - 4
ER -