title: Proposal for revision of the European Laryngological Society classification of endoscopic cordectomies.
abstract: A classification of laryngeal endoscopic cordectomies, which included eight different types, was first proposed by the European Laryngological Society in 2000. The purpose of this proposal of classification was an attempt to reach better consensus amongst clinicians and agree on uniformity in reporting the extent and depth of resection of cordectomy procedures, to allow relevant comparisons within the literature when presenting/publishing the results of surgery, and to recommend the use of guidelines to allow for reproducibility amongst practicing laryngologists. A total of 24 article citations of this classification have been found through the science citation index, as well as 3 book chapters on larynx cancer surgery, confirming its acceptance. However, on reflection, and with the passage of time, lesions originating at the anterior commissure have not been clearly described and, for that reason, a new endoscopic cordectomy (type VI) for cancers of the anterior commissure, which have extended or not to one or both of the vocal folds, without infiltration of the thyroid cartilage is now being proposed by the European Laryngological Society Committee on Nomenclature to revise and complete the initially reported classification.
authors: Department of Oto-rhino-laryngology, University Hospital of Louvain at Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium. remacle@orlo.ucl.ac.be
authors: Marc
authors: M
authors: Remacle
authors: Christophe
authors: C
authors: Van Haverbeke
authors: Hans
authors: H
authors: Eckel
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Bradley
authors: Dominique
authors: D
authors: Chevalier
authors: Votko
authors: V
authors: Djukic
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: de Vicentiis
authors: Gerhard
authors: G
authors: Friedrich
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Olofsson
authors: Giorgio
authors: G
authors: Peretti
authors: Miquel
authors: M
authors: Quer
authors: Jochen
authors: J
authors: Werner
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D005060:Europe; D005931:Glottis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000145:classification* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010036:Otolaryngology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*