[Application of mitomycin in laryngeal surgery].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the application of mitomycin in laryngeal surgery.


METHODS
Retrospective analysis of the clinical data of 48 patients who had vocal cord lesion involving anterior commissure. The treatment of 30 patients treated with microsurgery and external application of mitomycin, while that of the others were only done with microsurgery.


RESULTS
Among the 30 patients who were treated with microsurgery and mitomycin, only 2 patients of which showed slight adhesion of anterior commissure after surgery. While in the group of microsurgery, there were 6 patients who had adhesion of anterior commissure adhesion after surgery.


CONCLUSIONS
Mitomycin could prevent vocal adhesion after laryngeal surgery.
Han
Honglei
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Department of Otolaryngology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, 100029, China.
Yang
Dazhang
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007830:Larynx / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D016685:Mitomycin