Extent of partial laryngectomies.
Clinical experience of laryngeal cancer gave a relatively better prognosis compared with cancer, in other locations in our field. Histological examinations of laryngeal cancer showed that in most of our cases the tumours had an even, microscopically localized growth. Serial sections in our cases confirmed this observation. In the period 1970-78, 52 combined procedures were made out of the frame of vertical or horizontal partial laryngectomy. In the follow-up of 6-14 years, only 6 patients died directly of the tumour. The analysis of our cases is reviewed.
D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011183:Postoperative Complications