Total laryngectomy outcome of 36 cases after 5 years at Mosul Centre

Abstract EN

Objective : To evaluate results of treating laryngeal cancer by total laryngectomy.

Methods : A prospective study of 36 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx treated with total laryngectomy over five years period.

Results : The age range of the patients was between 34-72 years with a male to female ratio of 11 / 1.

After five years follow up of patients, 100 %, 84 % & 14 % were free of disease for T2, T3 & T4 respectively.

Results of treating cases at T3 stage seems to be better when surgery preceded radiotherapy than when radiation given before.

Conclusion : Combination of surgery and radiotherapy gives relatively high cure rates if stage of tumour was still within the larynx (T3 or less).

The results of this study shows that this was better when surgery preceded radiotherapy.