title: [The effect of preoperative irradiation on wound healing after laryngectomy--literature review and own results].
abstract: We reviewed 573 patients who underwent total laryngectomy between 1989-1999 in the Otolaryngological Clinic of CM UMK. Pharyngocutaneous fistulae occurred in 65 cases (11.3%). In 16 patients who were preoperatively irradiated, the fistulae occurred in 7 cases (43.7%). In the non-radiotherapy group of 557 persons, in 58 cases (10.4%) after total laryngectomy, the wound healing was disturbed and a pharyngocutaneous fistula was observed. The authors reviewed the Polish and the foreign literature concerning the influence of preoperative radiotherapy on wound healing after surgical treatment of larynx carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Otolaryngologii Collegium Medicum im L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy Uniwersytetu M. Kopernika w Toruniu.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szymańska-Skrzypek
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Betlejewski
mesh_terms: D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D007825:Laryngectomy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000528:radiation effects*