title: Laser surgery for the treatment of glottic carcinomas.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Head and Neck Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shvero
authors.forename: Rumelia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koren
authors.forename: Liza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zohar
authors.forename: Tuvia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hadar
authors.forename: Gideon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marshak
authors.forename: Rivka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gal
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Feinmesser
authors.forename: Karol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Segal
mesh_terms: 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