title: [Stomal recurrence after laryngectomy. An inevitable late complication].
abstract: Postlaryngectomy tumoral recurrence on the stoma is a terrible late complication that has a fatal outcome. In spite of advances in laryngeal surgery and modern reconstructive techniques, it is still a major cause of death in patients with laryngeal cancer. In a review of 500 patients who underwent surgery for laryngeal cancer in 1981-86 and 1995-97, we found no changes in the frequency of stomal recurrence between periods (4% in both periods). Stomal recurrence was associated in our study with subglottic extension and with transglottic lesions. Previous tracheotomy was not a decisive factor in the appearance of stomal recurrence in our patients.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía II-ORL, Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM).
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martín Villares
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez Carretero
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ortega Medina
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: González Gimeno
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Iglesias Moreno
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poch Broto
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014139:Tracheostomy