Cancer of Larynx; Hemi-Thyroidectmy, Total Laryngectomy

Preliminary report--near total laryngectomy for SCC larynx.

A retrospective analysis was performed on patients subjected to near-total laryngectomy at Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi from September 2006 and May 2010, to evaluate the functional outcome of Near Total Laryngectomy and its effect on disease control. In all of these advanced stage laryngeal-hypopharyngeal squamous cancer patients, the disease was limited to one side of the larynx-hypoph...

Total laryngectomy for a dysfunctional larynx after (chemo)radiotherapy.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the functional outcomes after total laryngectomy (TLE) for a dysfunctional larynx in patients with head and neck cancer that is in complete remission after (chemo)radiotherapy. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Tertiary comprehensive cancer center. PATIENTS The study included 25 patients from a cohort of 217 consecutive patients with TLE who were treated bet...

Total laryngectomy.

Total laryngectomy since it was first performed more than a century ago has undergone numerous modifications with increasing attention to voice restoration. Function preservation has also been achieved by voice sparing surgical procedures, and organ preservation strategies with chemoradiotherapy for laryngeal carcinoma. However, total laryngectomy remains the standard of care for very advanced ...

Laryngeal replacement with an artificial larynx after total laryngectomy: the possibility of restoring larynx functionality in the future.

BACKGROUND Most patients perceive total laryngectomy as a mutilation carrying with it a loss of physical and psychological integrity. Thus, an artificial larynx system that can replace the laryngeal functions would significantly improve the quality of life for the afflicted patients. METHODS This report, with accompanying video, presents the first case in an ongoing clinical trial of laryngea...

Total laryngectomy.