OBJECTIVES
To review the patients operated in our department with supracricoid partial laryngectomy with either cricohyoidoepiglottopexy (CHEP) (59 cases) or cricohyoidopexy (CHP) (10 cases)… (More)
OBJECTIVES
To assess prospectively speech and swallowing function in a series of 17 patients after supracricoid partial laryngectomy with cricohyoidoepiglottopexy.
STUDY DESIGN
Retrospective study.… (More)
BACKGROUND
Both surgery and radiotherapy are recognized treatments of T1-T2 squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. We retrospectively analyze and compare the oncological outcome of patients treated… (More)
Between 1981–1999, 75 patients treated for supraglottic SCC with horizontal supraglottic laryngectomy (HSL) at the Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department of Lausanne University Hospital were… (More)
Percutaneous transtracheal high frequency jet ventilation (TTJV) in adults is frequently used during anaesthesia for laryngeal microsurgery. It provides excellent surgical operating conditions and… (More)
Recent studies suggest that gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) may be a major cause of globus sensation. However, the incidence and severity of GERD in patients with globus sensation without… (More)
INTRODUCTION
Both radiotherapy and endoscopic or open functional surgery are recognised treatments for laryngeal cancer stage I and II. A comparison between two groups of patients treated with either… (More)