JOURNAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND OPHTHALMOLOGY) ›› 2010, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (3): 19-21.

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Treatment of earlystage glottic cancer with CO2 laser

WANG Junguo, SHEN Xiaohui, QIAN Xiaoyun, DAI Yanhong, CHEN Feng, GAO Xia   

  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University
    Medical School,  Nanjing 210008, China
  • Received:2010-03-14 Revised:2010-05-10 Online:2010-06-16 Published:2010-06-16

Abstract:

Objective  To investigate the impact of transoral endoscopic CO2 laser microsurgery (TLM) for the treatment of T1 and T2 glottic cancer.  Methods  Twenty-six patients with early-stage glottic cancer (T1a=12、T1b=2 and T2=12) treated with TLM were enrolled in this study. The outcome and the complications of the surgery were analyzed. Results  No complication happened during the follow-up between 5 to 15 months. All the patients achieved satisfying post-operative voice. Recurrences were identified in 3 patients (11.5%). Two were treated by CO2 laser microsurgery again, while the other one was treated by total laryngectomy. Conclusions   TLM is a good technique to treat the early-stage glottic cancer because of its minimal invasion, few complications and good voice preservation.

Key words: Stage glottic cancer, Early; CO2  laser; Minimally invasion

CLC Number: 

  • R657.16
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