Laser surgery for the treatment of glottic carcinomas.
OBJECTIVE
The standard treatment for patients with early glottic carcinoma in Israel has been radiotherapy. In recent years, encouraging results with laryngo-microscopic carbon dioxide laser surgery as a treatment for early glottic carcinoma has changed our treatment strategy. We conducted a retrospective study to investigate the results of carbon dioxide laser excisional technique for early glottic carcinoma (T1, T2).


METHODS
Twenty-six had squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), (21 patients with T1 and 5 patients with T2 lesions), 3 had carcinoma in situ, (CIS) and 3 had verrucous carcinoma (VC).


RESULTS
All patients were free of disease after salvage treatment at the most recent follow-up.


CONCLUSIONS
Careful patient selection with endoscopic staging and strict follow-up are essential to secure good results in the treatment of carbon dioxide laser for early laryngeal carcinoma.
Shvero
Jacob
J
Departments of Head and Neck Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
Koren
Rumelia
R
Zohar
Liza
L
Hadar
Tuvia
T
Marshak
Gideon
G
Gal
Rivka
R
Feinmesser
Raphael
R
Segal
Karol
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005931:Glottis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies