Total laryngectomy with neck dissection – what could go wrong?

Laryngeal cancer is one of the most common cancers in the head and neck region. In advanced stage total laryngectomy is an option of treatment, еspecially in cases of failure of organ-preservation therapy. In our practice total laryngectomy is always performed with neck dissection. As a major surgical procedure in an area with concentration of essential structures, total laryngectomy has many potential complications. We present a case of a man with an advanced stage of laryngeal cancer who underwent widespread total laryngectomy with neck dissection. During the postoperative period a series of complications occurred, which could have led to a fatal end. In this poster we review in detail the predisposing factors, manifestation, prevention and management of these complications. Publication History Article published online: 24 May 2022 © 2022. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial-License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Georg Thieme Verlag Rüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, Germany