title: Outcome of surgical management of laryngeal carcinoma: a 5-year experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the outcome of surgically managed laryngeal carcinoma patients attending an outpatient clinic over a 5-year period.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was an analytical, retrospective, cross-sectional study. A total of 36 laryngeal carcinoma patients who were managed surgically with or without radiotherapy were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 32 patients (89%) were found to be disease-free during follow-up for up to 5 years. Two patients (5.5%) died because of intercurrent infection and recurrence of the disease and two (5.5%) were lost to follow-up 5 and 7 months after surgery, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results indicate that the best disease-free rates can be achieved by managing laryngeal carcinoma surgically with or without radiotherapy depending on the advancement and aggressiveness of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT-Head & Neck Surgery, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. dkbaskota@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Dharma K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Baskota
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Bimal Kumar
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Ram C M
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Amatya
authors.forename: Hari
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bhattarai
authors.forename: Rajendra P S
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Guragain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome