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KMID : 1037020130020010001
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Medical Lasers; Engineering, Basic Research, and Clinical Application
2013 Volume.2 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.7
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Transoral Laser Surgery for Supraglottic Carcinoma
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Hong Jong-Chul
Lee Kang-Dae
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Abstract
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Primary treatment modalities of supraglottic cancer usually consist of single or combined methods. Treatment protocols include single transoral surgery, external transcervical approach, and radiation therapy or a combination of these methods. The objective of surgery for supraglottic cancer is cure of the tumor, with preservation of voice, deglutition, and an intact airway. Transoral laser surgery is found to achieve comparable oncologic results with open surgery. Moreover, the complication rate was lower in laser surgery compared to the conventional open approaches and there were no major complications. Transoral laser supraglottic laryngectomy seems to be a feasible and oncologically safe procedure in the treatment of fresh or recurrent supraglottic cancer ranging from T1 to selected T3 with minimal preepiglottic space involvement.
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KEYWORD
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Laser, Supraglottis, Carcinoma
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