Open Maximal Mucosa-Sparing Functional Total Laryngectomy

Open Maximal Mucosa-Sparing Functional Total Laryngectomy

BackgroundTotal laryngectomy after (chemo)radiotherapy is associated with a high incidence of fistula and therefore flaps are advocated. The description of a transoral robotic total laryngectomy prompted us to develop similar minimally invasive open approaches for functional total laryngectomy.Metho...

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Main Authors: Pavel Dulguerov, Naif H. Alotaibi, Stephanie Lambert, Nicolas Dulguerov, Minerva Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
total laryngectomy
aspiration
swallowing
surgical technique
robotics
complications
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsurg.2017.00060/full

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