Transoral laser surgery for hypopharyngeal carcinomas

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Vilaseca, Isabel ^a,b   Blanch, José L ^a   Bernal Sprekelsen, Manuel ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

hypopharynx; laser microsurgery; piriform sinus; squamous cell carcinoma; transoral laser surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DISTANT METASTASIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNGECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; NECK DISSECTION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWALLOWING; TRACHEOTOMY; TRANSORAL LASER SURGERY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LASER THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 84859103644     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32834fa8fe     Document Type: Review

References (30)

1. Hoffman HT, Porter K, Karnell LH, et al. Laryngeal cancer in the United States: changes in demographics, patterns of care, and survival. Laryngoscope 2006; 116 (Suppl. 111):1-13. (Pubitemid 44337830)
2. Chen AY, Schrag N, Hao Y, et al. Changes intreatment of advanced laryngeal cancer 1985-2001. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2006; 135:831-837. (Pubitemid 44820630)
3. Takes RP, Strojan P, Silver CE, et al. Current trends in initial management of hypopharyngeal cancer: the declining use of open surgery. Head Neck 2010. [Epub ahead of print] This article reviews the different treatment alternatives for hypopharyngeal carcinoma and reports their evolution as initial treatment.
4. Lee WT, Akst LM, Adelstein DJ, et al. Risk factor for hypopharyngeal/upper esophageal stricture formation after concurrent chemoradiation. Head Neck 2006; 28:808-812. (Pubitemid 44320534)
5. Macthay M, Moughan J, Trotti A, et al. Factors associated with severe late toxicity after concurrent chemoradiation for locally advanced head and neck cancer: an RTOG analysis. J Clin Oncol 2008; 26:3582-3589.
6. Clark JR, de Almeida J, Gilbert R, et al. Primary and salvage (hypo)pharyngectomy: analysis and outcome. Head Neck 2006; 28:671-677. (Pubitemid 44116891)
7. Relic A, Scheich M, Stapf J, et al. Salvage surgery after induction chemotherapy with paclitaxel/cisplatin and primary radiotherapy for advanced laryngeal and hypopharyngeal carcinomas. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2009; 266:1799-1805.
8. Gourin CG, Johnson JT. A contemporary review of indications for primary surgical care of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Laryngoscope 2009; 119:2124-2134.
9. Steiner W. Experience in endoscopic laser surgery of malignant tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract. Adv Otorhinolaryngol 1988; 39:135-144.
10. Zeitels SM, Koufman JA, Davis RK, Vaughan CW. Endoscopic treatment of supraglottis and hypopharynx cancer. Laryngoscope 1994; 104:71-78. (Pubitemid 24028038)
11. Eckel HE, Staar S, Volling P, et al. Surgical treatment for hypopharynx carcinoma: feasibility, mortality, and results. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2001; 124:561-569. (Pubitemid 33733773)
12. Steiner W, Ambrosch P, Hess CF, Kron M. Organ preservation bytransoral laser microsurgery in piriform sinus carcinoma. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2001; 124:58-67. (Pubitemid 32096782)
13. Rudert HH, Höft S. Transoral carbon-dioxide laser resection of hypopharyngeal carcinoma. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2003; 260:198-206. (Pubitemid 36583791)
14. 2 laser surgery: alarynx preservation alternative for selected hypopharyngeal carcinomas. Head Neck 2004; 26:953-959.
15. Kutter J, Lang F, Monnier P, Pasche P. Transoral laser surgery for pharyngeal and pharyngolaryngeal carcinomas. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2007; 133:139-144. (Pubitemid 46294114)
16. Karatzanis AD, Psychogios G, Waldfahrer F, et al. T1 and T2 hypopharyngeal cancer treatment with laser microsurgery. J Surg Oncol 2010; 102:27-33. This article reports the experience of more than 100 early piriform sinus carcinomas treated by laser microsurgery.
17. Martin A, Jäckel MC, Christiansen H, et al. Organ preserving transoral laser microsurgery for cancer of the hypopharynx. Laryngoscope 2008; 118:398-402. (Pubitemid 351640616)
18. Huang ZG, Ni X, Fang JG, et al. Transoral carbon dioxide laser surgery for treatment of hypopharyngeal carcinoma [in Chinese]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2009; 44:722-725.
19. 2 laser resection of laryngeal and hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: one centre's experience. J Laryngol Otol 2010; 124:185-193.
20. López-Álvarez F, Rodrigo JP, Llorente-Pendás JL, Suárez-Nieto C. Transoral laser microsurgery in advanced carcinomas of larynx and pharynx [in Spanish]. Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp 2011; 62:95-102.
21. Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Vilaseca-González I, Blanch-Alejandro JL. Predictive values for aspiration after endoscopic laser resections of malignant tumors of the hypopharynx and larynx. Head Neck 2004; 26:103-110. (Pubitemid 38160443)
22. León X, Ferlito A, Myer CM3rd, et al. Second primary tumors in head and neck cancer patients. Acta Otolaryngol 2002; 122:765-778. (Pubitemid 35398890)
23. Pignon JP, le Maitre A, Maillard E, Bourhis J, MACHNC Collaborative Group. Meta-analysis of chemotherapy in head and neck cancer (MACH-NC): an update on 93 randomized trials and 17346 patients. Radiother Oncol 2009; 92:4-14.
24. The Department of Veterans Affairs Laryngeal Cancer Study Group. Induction chemotherapy plus radiation compared with surgery plus radiation in patients with advanced laryngeal cancer. N Engl J Med 1991; 324:1685-1690.
25. 2 laser surgery for carcinoma of the larynx and hypopharynx. Head Neck 2003; 25:382-388.
26. Ellies M, Steiner W. Peri- and postoperative complications after laser surgery of tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract. Am J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2007; 28:168-172. (Pubitemid 46702360)
27. Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Dazert S, Sudhoff H, et al. Complications of transoral laser surgery for malignant tumors of the larynx and hypopharynx [in German]. Laryngorhinootologie 2009; 88:28-34.
28. Karatzanis AD, Psychogios G,Waldfahrer F, et al. T1 and T2hypopharyngeal cancer treatment with laser microsurgery. J Surg Oncol 2010; 102:27-33. [16]
29. Kitamura M, Hirano S, Tateya I, Kada S, et al. Management of stage I/II hypopharyngeal cancer. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 2010; 130:43-49.
30. Takes RP, Strojan P, Silver CE, et al. Current trends in initial management of hypopharyngeal cancer: the declining use of open surgery. Head Neck 2010. [Epub ahead of print] [03]