title: [Application of epiglottis with sternohyoid muscle in the surgery for laryngeal cancer].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore and evaluate the application of epiglottis with sternohyoid muscle in the surgery for laryngeal cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two fifty patients with laryngeal cancer were treated by partial laryngectomy and the laryngeal defects were reconstructed by epiglottic flap and sternohyoid muscle fascia flap. The staging of tumors: T2N0M0 23 cases, T3N1M0 14 cases, T3N2M0 13 cases. All of them received post radical radiotherapy with average 60 Gy. The patients were followed up for 3 to 5 years. Thirty patients underwent neck dissection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The three and five years survival rates were 90% and 80% respectively. The total cases eat breath pronounced well. The decannulation rate was 96%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After partial laryngectomy in laryngeal cancer epiglottic flap and sternohyoid muscle fascia flap were performed reconstruction of laryngeal function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical College, China.
authors.forename: Tai-zhong
authors.initials: TZ
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Yun-gang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiao-yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Fu-ping
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yu-cai
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Deng-dian
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D004825:Epiglottis / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006928:Hyoid Bone; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013249:Sternum; D013524:Surgical Flaps