title: [Analysis of vertical partial laryngectomy for carcinoma of the larynx].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of vertical partial laryngectomy in the treatment of laryngocarcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  50 patients who underwent vertical partial laryngectomy from 1979 to 1997 were retrospectively reviewed. The reconstruction methods for the laryngeal defect were the pedicle muscular flap, skin graft, cervical skin flap, hypopharyngeal mucous membrane flap and outer perichondrium of the thyroid cartilage etc.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Postoperative decannulation rate was 98.0%. The overall 3-, 5- and 10-year survival rates were 89.6%, 82.9%, 66.7% respectively. Among all the deaths, 4 died of recurrence of laryngocarcinoma, 1 distant metastasis, 1 other carcinoma and 5 intercurrent disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vertical partial laryngectomy is effective in treating laryngocarcinoma. Anesthesia, resecting limits and the reconstruction methods for the laryngeal defect also affect the curative results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Railway General Hospital, Beijing 100038.
authors.forename: Jinshu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Xiaohong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Sufu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Faquan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps