title: Mid-term results of frontovertical partial laryngectomy for early glottic carcinoma with anterior commissure involvement.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  Frontovertical partial laryngectomy is useful for treatment of T1 and T2 glottic squamous cell carcinoma with anterior commissure involvement.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficiency of frontovertical partial laryngectomy for T1 and T2 glottic carcinoma with anterior commissure involvement.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a retrospective review of 58 cases of glottic squamous cell carcinoma with anterior commissure involvement (T1, n = 28; T2, n = 30) that were treated by frontovertical partial laryngectomy between August 2000 and August 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Postoperative pathology reports confirmed negative tumor margins in every case. All patients were followed postoperatively, with a median follow-up interval of 55 months. Three patients had local recurrence; there were no patients who had cervical or distant metastases. The 3-year local control rate was 94% according to life tables curves. There were no reports of laryngostenosis or dysphagia in any patients, and mean Voice Handicap Index (VHI) questionnaire scores were 32.9.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China.
authors: Chen
authors: C
authors: Nie
authors: Chenling
authors: C
authors: Shen
authors: Haixia
authors: H
authors: Hu
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Ma
authors: Hao
authors: H
authors: Wu
authors: Mingliang
authors: M
authors: Xiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005931:Glottis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D013997:Time Factors