P037: Complications after Salvage Total Laryngectomy Following CRT
โ Scribed by Yasushi Furuta; Akihiro Homma; Nobuhiko Oridate; Fumiyuki Suzuki; Satoshi Fukuda
- Book ID
- 116813217
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 41 KB
- Volume
- 137
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0194-5998
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## Abstract ## Background. Total laryngectomy following radiation therapy or concurrent chemoradiation therapy is associated with unacceptably high complication rates because of wound healing difficulties. With an ever increasing reliance on organ preservation protocols as primary treatment for ad
## Background: This retrospective study investigated survival outcomes of salvage total laryngectomy (stl) after initial radiation therapy (rt) or larynx conservation surgery (cs) at an academic center. ## Methods: A chart review yielded 64 patients with stl: 53 with rt failures, six with cs fail