Primary and salvage total laryngectomy.
Treatment of laryngeal cancer has evolved, and newer methods of laryngeal conservation, both surgical and nonsurgical, are the primary treatment of choice. Nevertheless, total laryngectomy is not extinct and still plays an important role in primary therapy for advanced stage laryngeal cancers and as salvage therapy for failures of organ preservation strategies.
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 601 North Caroline Street, JHOC 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
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D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000379:methods*; D007831:Larynx, Artificial; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D013071:Speech, Alaryngeal / Q000379:methods