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[Fronto-lateral laryngectomy with subsequent epiglottoplasty: operative technique].

Eugeniusz Zietek, Grzegorz Matyja

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Operative technique is being presented comprising excision of the larynx neoplasm with the vocal cord and anterior commissure. This kind of operation enables the extension of resection to include the arytenoid cartilage, false cord with laryngeal ventricle, part of the subglottis and the base of the epiglottis. The defect resulted is covered by moved down epiglottis. The operation was done in 98 patients with satisfactory oncological and functional results.

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Operative technique is being presented comprising excision of the larynx neoplasm with the vocal cord and anterior commissure. This kind of operation enables the extension of resection to include the arytenoid cartilage, false cord with laryngeal ventricle, part of the subglottis and the base of the epiglottis. The defect resulted is covered by moved down epiglottis. The operation was done in 98 patients with satisfactory oncological and functional results.

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Operative technique is being presented comprising excision of the larynx neoplasm with the vocal cord and anterior commissure. This kind of operation enables the extension of resection to include the arytenoid cartilage, false cord with laryngeal ventricle, part of the subglottis and the base of the epiglottis. The defect resulted is covered by moved down epiglottis. The operation was done in 98 patients with satisfactory oncological and functional results.

Key concepts: Medicine, Epiglottis, Anterior commissure, Laryngectomy, Larynx, Subglottis, Surgery, Arytenoid cartilage

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