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Extended and standard supraglottic laryngectomies: a review of 110 patients

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The purpose of this study was to compare functional and oncological results of extended and standard supraglottic laryngectomies. One hundred ten patients with supraglottic carcinoma were treated. A standard supraglottic laryngectomy (SSL), a laterally extended supraglottic laryngectomy (LESL) and an anteriorly extended supraglottic laryngectomy (AESL) were performed on 32, 47 and 31 patients, respectively. Indications for postoperative radiotherapy included positive surgical margins (23% of patients) and/or node metastasis (63% of patients). Local recurrence occurred in 13% of SSL, 15% of LESL and 17% of AESL patients. Pulmonary complications due to aspiration were observed in 6% of SSL, 15% of LESL and 19% of AESL. The overall 5-year cure rates were 63% for SSL, 45% for LESL and 47% for the AESL procedures. Extended supraglottic laryngectomies provided as good a local tumor control as SSL. Extension to the hypopharynx (LESL) and to the vallecula (AESL) showed more frequent pulmonary complications and reduced cure rates.

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The authors would like to thank Anna Milan, PhD, Research Fellow from the University of Liverpool, UK, for revising the English manuscript.

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Prades, JM., Simon, PG., Timoshenko, A.P. et al. Extended and standard supraglottic laryngectomies: a review of 110 patients. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 262, 947–952 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-004-0882-1

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