Total Laryngectomy.

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 ...

Total laryngectomy.

Total laryngectomy.

Complications of Total Laryngectomy

Objective: To find out various complications after total laryngectomy, with reference to their presentation, diagnosis, and management. Design: It was a prospective descriptive study. Setting: Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery department, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Islamabad, from 1st July 1999 to 31st June 2001. Patients and Methods: 25 patients undergoing total laryngectomy fo...

Near-total laryngectomy.

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the oncological and physiological safety of near-total laryngectomy (NTL), its versatility for use following extensive resections that necessitate pharyngoplasty, in post radiation recurrences and its success in voice conservation. To highlight the importance of a "maintenance free biological shunt" for voice production in patients of advanced laryngeal and pharyngeal c...