Clinical outcome following total laryngectomy for cancer

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 300-305

  Hall, Francis T ^a   O'Brien, Christopher J ^a,b   Clifford, Anthony R ^a   McNeil, Edward B ^a   Bron, Luc ^a   Jackson, Michael A ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Suite 304   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypopharyngeal cancer; Laryngectomy; Larynx cancer; Pharyngo cutaneous fistula; Salvage laryngectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PHARYNGOCUTANEOUS FISTULA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKIN FISTULA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOTAL LARYNGECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038018136     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.02562.x     Document Type: Article

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