title: [Results of hemilaryngectomy in primary surgical treatment of laryngeal carcinoma].
abstract: Hemilaryngectomy is the resection of a true anatomic half of the larynx with preservation of the cricoid cartilage. We present a retrospective study of 438 patients with glottic carcinoma, treated with hemilaryngectomy, at the Institute of Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinical Center of Serbia between 1988 and 1997. The patients with positive margins (19.4% of all) were postoperatively irradiated. Local recurrences of carcinoma were found in 17.3% of subjects, and regional recurrences in 16.4% of subjects. Those patients were treated with total laryngectomy or radical neck dissection, and with radiotherapy. 5-years survival rate in our patients was 79%. Hemilaryngectomy provided acceptable percent of local and regional recurrences, and good functional results: respiration, swallowing and voice quality. Therefore it could be the first choice surgery technique in treatment of T2 laryngeal carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Institut za otorinolaringologiju i maksilofacijalnu hirurgiju, Klinicki centar Srbije, Beograd.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Milovanović
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Djordjević
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trivić
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Baljosević
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milovanović
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Petrović
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Djukić
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Milovanović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D015996:Survival Rate