OBJECTIVE To evaluate the postoperative course and functional outcomes achieved in patients treated with supracricoid partial laryngectomy (SPL) with cricohyoidopexy. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING National Cancer Institute "Regina Elena." PATIENTS Eighty-two consecutive patients who underwent SPL with cricohyoidopexy between September 1, 1988, and June 30, 2005, were evaluated. T...

Background To evaluate the importance of larynx compartments in prognosis T3-T4a laryngeal cancer treated with transoral laser microsurgery. Methods Two hundred and two consecutive pT3-T4a carcinomas. Pre-epiglottic space involvement, anterior posterior paraglottic (PGS) vocal cord, arytenoid mobility were determined. Local control (LC), overall survival (OS), disease-specific (DSS), laryngecto...

INTRODUCTION Supracricoid laryngectomy with cricohyopexy (CHP) and cricoepiglottopexy (CHEP) are the one of functional laryngectomy. AIM The aim of the study is phonation assessment of the reconstruction larynx. Material and methods. The examined group consisted of 58 patients (49 males and 9 female). An average age 54. 32 patients underwent CHP and 26-CHEP CHP was performed in following mode...