title: Clinical experience with the treatment of T1b glottic cancer by means of horizontal glottectomy.
abstract: This study describes the oncological and functional results of horizontal glottectomy performed in a series of 37 similar patients with T1b glottic cancers. The 5-year overall and disease-free survival rates were, respectively, 85.4% and 91.0%. Decannulation was always possible within a mean period of 16.2 days, and no patient developed laryngeal stenosis. A bypass naso-gastric tube was removed a mean 4.9 days after surgery, and adequate swallowing was soon obtained. The mean duration of post-operative hospitalization was 16 days and no major post-operative complications were observed. Satisfactory vocal function was obtained in all cases. On the basis of these results, horizontal glottectomy was found to be a reliable and safe procedure for the management of T1b glottic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Otorinolaringologiche, Ospedale Maggiore I.R.C.C.S., University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pignataro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Capaccio
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Neglia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ottaviani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005931:Glottis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D015996:Survival Rate