title: Endoscopic CO2 laser excisional biopsy of early supraglottic cancer.
abstract: Endoscopic CO2 laser excisional biopsy of selected early supraglottic cancer patients has been described. None of these patients experienced the perioperative morbidities of bleeding, airway obstruction, or aspiration beyond 3 or 4 days. All patients were treated with full-course standard irradiation therapy after their laser procedures. Our very preliminary data suggest that stage I and stage II patients are effectively treated with endoscopic CO2 laser excisional biopsy, whereas stage III patients should undergo open surgeries where medically possible.
authors.affiliation: Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hayes
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005931:Glottis; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D053685:Laser Therapy