title: Stomal recurrence after total laryngectomy.
abstract: Radical laryngeal surgery was performed in 71 patients of stage III and IV laryngeal carcinoma. They were followed-up for the stomal recurrence. Stomal recurrence occurred in 5 (7%) patients, four of these had cervical nodal metastasis. The average time interval between laryngectomy and the stomal recurrence was 19 months. All the patients expired and the mean length of survival after the recurrence was 5.3 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervico-facial Surgery, Dow Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi.
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Udaipurwala
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iqbal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jalisi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010154:Pakistan; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate