European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
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Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol · Dec 2009
Case ReportsIntraoperative modification of a supracricoid laryngectomy to a subtotal laryngectomy with tracheohyoidoepiglottopexy.
In recent decades, with the widespread diffusion of the supracricoid laryngectomy in the treatment of selected advanced laryngeal neoplasm, the indications to non-conservative surgery are less frequent than in past. We report the case of a patient in whom a planned supracricoid laryngectomy was intraoperatively converted in an extended partial laryngectomy with tracheohyoidoepiglottopexy for a tumor involving the cricoid cartilage.