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Emergency laryngectomy

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 1991
AbstractFrom 1974 to 1990, 31 patients underwent emergency laryngectomy for airway obstruction due to laryngeal carcinoma, in aneffort to avoid the complication of stomal recurrence. This group of patients had a greater proportion of multiregional tumours (35 per cent vs 13 per cent) than a comparison group of elective laryngectomies. In other respects
A, McCombe, P M, Stell
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Emergency laryngectomy

Clinical Otolaryngology, 1990
Emergency laryngectomy is a laryngectomy carried out for malignant obstruction of the upper airway within 24 h of admission. This combines relief of the obstruction with definitive primary cancer surgery, and is thought to reduce the risk of post-laryngectomy stomal recurrence.
M H, Wickham   +3 more
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Reconstructive laryngectomy

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 1985
Reconstructive laryngectomy, the aim of which is to leave the patient without a tracheostoma, thus preserving the normal pneumophonic function relative to vocal articulation, is a link between the various techniques suggested for conservative laryngeal surgery and classic total laryngectomy.
E, Alajmo, G, Polli, C, Salimbeni
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Supraglottic Laryngectomy

Southern Medical Journal, 1978
This paper describes the experience with subtotal supraglottic laryngectomy for laryngeal carcinoma at the Department of Otolaryngology of the Tulane University School of Medicine. Of 36 patients, 32 (89%) had local control of diseases at one year. Of 27 patients followed up for at least three years, 22 (81%) are free of disease.
H G, Tabb   +3 more
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Laryngectomy for Carcinoma

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1903
The text for this article was furnished by a patient who was brought to our clinic for diseases of the chest, throat and nose at Rush Medical College by Dr. Geo. A. Torrison, who had found him among his patients about six months previously. Dr. O. T. Freer had also seen the patient with him and a microscopic examination of a small mass removed for the ...
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