Abstract The aim of this study was a retrospective analysis of the oncological results in a group of patients treated by frontolateral laryngectomy using clinical and histopathological correlations in order to review the indications for surgery. In all, 150 patients underwent frontolateral laryngectomy as described by Leroux-Robert. All were staged according to the 1992 UICC TNM classification. Factors examined were clinical T, histopathological T, tumor infiltration of the anterior commissure and the vocal cord muscle, survival without disease and the percentage of local relapses. Twenty-one patients had local relapses (14%), while four patients developed second primary tumors (2.7%). Among the different correlations examined, microscopic infiltration of the anterior commissure was related to a greater number of local relapses (25.5% vs 5%) and a 55% survival with with no evidence of disease (NED). The crude 5-year NED survival was 66% and was influenced by second primary tumors and metastases (7.4%) and non-oncological diseases (14.6%). These data show the need for a re-evaluation of the indications for frontolateral laryngectomy because subtotal reconstructive laryngectomy could be performed more safely in the more advanced cases. In contrast, cases with more limited tumors might be better treated by laser for a more functional and cost-beneficial result.

Indications for frontolateral laryngectomy and prognostic factors of failure.

DI NICOLA, Vincenzo;FIORELLA, Maria Luisa
1999-01-01

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Abstract The aim of this study was a retrospective analysis of the oncological results in a group of patients treated by frontolateral laryngectomy using clinical and histopathological correlations in order to review the indications for surgery. In all, 150 patients underwent frontolateral laryngectomy as described by Leroux-Robert. All were staged according to the 1992 UICC TNM classification. Factors examined were clinical T, histopathological T, tumor infiltration of the anterior commissure and the vocal cord muscle, survival without disease and the percentage of local relapses. Twenty-one patients had local relapses (14%), while four patients developed second primary tumors (2.7%). Among the different correlations examined, microscopic infiltration of the anterior commissure was related to a greater number of local relapses (25.5% vs 5%) and a 55% survival with with no evidence of disease (NED). The crude 5-year NED survival was 66% and was influenced by second primary tumors and metastases (7.4%) and non-oncological diseases (14.6%). These data show the need for a re-evaluation of the indications for frontolateral laryngectomy because subtotal reconstructive laryngectomy could be performed more safely in the more advanced cases. In contrast, cases with more limited tumors might be better treated by laser for a more functional and cost-beneficial result.
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