The senile functional evolution of the larynx after supracricoid reconstructive surgery. 2016

Agostino Serra, and Luigi Maiolino, and Paola Di Mauro, and Luisa Licciardello, and Salvatore Cocuzza
ENT Department, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95125, Catania, Italy.

Supracricoid partial laryngectomy is a relevant organ-preserving surgical technique used for the treatment of early or locally advanced laryngeal tumors with an oncologic outcome comparable with that of total laryngectomy. This reconstructive surgery is certainly technically feasible also in the elderly, but the problem is postoperatively as the patient may lack the will and strength to be successfully rehabilitated. The goal was to evaluate functional outcomes, in a maximum follow-up period of ten years from the end of the postoperative follow-up, in a cohort of elderly patients to look at the senile evolution of the laryngeal post surgical function comparing the amount of resection and grade of possible impairment of swallowing and phonatory parameters. A group of 33 patients were selected for a retrospective study aimed at evaluating the long-term evolution of laryngeal functionality after surgery, with the baseline at 5 years from the end of follow-up. All the patients had three-monthly visits for a period up to ten years, during which the objective and subjective swallowing and phonatory parameters were recorded, analyzed and, at the end of the study, compared with baseline. The results suggest that long-term post surgical functional problems may develop also in the neolarynx where the effects of the reconstructive surgery, on speech and swallowing, are largely stabilized. The presence of arytenoid resection had significantly impacted on the occurrence of aspiration even if the overall number of dysphagic patients was not statistically significant compared to baseline.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007822 Laryngeal Neoplasms Cancers or tumors of the LARYNX or any of its parts: the GLOTTIS; EPIGLOTTIS; LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; and VOCAL CORDS. Cancer of Larynx,Laryngeal Cancer,Larynx Neoplasms,Cancer of the Larynx,Larynx Cancer,Neoplasms, Laryngeal,Cancer, Laryngeal,Cancer, Larynx,Cancers, Laryngeal,Cancers, Larynx,Laryngeal Cancers,Laryngeal Neoplasm,Larynx Cancers,Larynx Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Laryngeal,Neoplasm, Larynx,Neoplasms, Larynx
D007825 Laryngectomy Total or partial excision of the larynx. Laryngectomies
D007830 Larynx A tubular organ of VOICE production. It is located in the anterior neck, superior to the TRACHEA and inferior to the tongue and HYOID BONE. Anterior Commissure, Laryngeal,Anterior Commissure, Larynx,Laryngeal Anterior Commissure,Laryngeal Posterior Commissure,Posterior Commissure, Laryngeal,Posterior Commissure, Larynx,Anterior Commissures, Laryngeal,Anterior Commissures, Larynx,Commissure, Laryngeal Anterior,Commissure, Laryngeal Posterior,Commissure, Larynx Anterior,Commissure, Larynx Posterior,Commissures, Laryngeal Anterior,Commissures, Laryngeal Posterior,Commissures, Larynx Anterior,Commissures, Larynx Posterior,Laryngeal Anterior Commissures,Laryngeal Posterior Commissures,Larynx Anterior Commissure,Larynx Anterior Commissures,Larynx Posterior Commissure,Larynx Posterior Commissures,Posterior Commissures, Laryngeal,Posterior Commissures, Larynx
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010699 Phonation The process of producing vocal sounds by means of VOCAL CORDS vibrating in an expiratory blast of air. Phonations
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011184 Postoperative Period The period following a surgical operation. Period, Postoperative,Periods, Postoperative,Postoperative Periods
D002294 Carcinoma, Squamous Cell A carcinoma derived from stratified SQUAMOUS EPITHELIAL CELLS. It may also occur in sites where glandular or columnar epithelium is normally present. (From Stedman, 25th ed) Carcinoma, Epidermoid,Carcinoma, Planocellular,Carcinoma, Squamous,Squamous Cell Carcinoma,Carcinomas, Epidermoid,Carcinomas, Planocellular,Carcinomas, Squamous,Carcinomas, Squamous Cell,Epidermoid Carcinoma,Epidermoid Carcinomas,Planocellular Carcinoma,Planocellular Carcinomas,Squamous Carcinoma,Squamous Carcinomas,Squamous Cell Carcinomas
D003413 Cricoid Cartilage The small thick cartilage that forms the lower and posterior parts of the laryngeal wall. Cartilage, Cricoid,Cartilages, Cricoid,Cricoid Cartilages

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