title: [The role of primary surgery in the treatment of carcinomas of the tonsillar region (author's transl)].
abstract: The aim of this study was to identify the role of surgery in the treatment of carcinomas of the tonsillar bed. A retrospective review involved 158 records of patients treated between 1969 and 1979. It emerged that locoregional failures were more frequent after primary radiotherapy than after primary surgery. Only a limited number of patients could be treated and cured by secondary salvage surgery. The high prevalence of locoregional failures after radiotherapy and new techniques for reconstruction after extended resection have led us progressively to adopt an attitude based upon primary surgery in the treatment of carcinomas of the tonsillar bed.
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: La place de la chirurgie première dans le traitement des épithéliomas de la région amygdalienne.