SUPRACRICOID LARYNGECTOMY - A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LARYNGEAL-CANCER

Supracricoid laryngectomy is a new development in the treatment of lar yngeal cancer in Australia. It allows the removal of both vocal cords, vestibular folds, and the entire thyroid cartilage including the para glottic space without the loss of laryngeal function. This technique m ay offer a significant advance in the treatment of squamous cell carci noma of the larynx. This paper reviews the surgical management of lary ngeal cancer and discusses this new technique with modifications, indi cations for its use and the advantages of supracricoid laryngectomy. C ase reports of seven patients operated on in our institution are inclu ded.