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Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology 2006; 44(1): 25-28 Abstract |
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Full Text in Turkish [PDF] 210 KB |
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Thyroidectomy associated with laryngectomy in laryngeal cancer treatment Larengeal kanser tedavisinde total larenjektomi beraberinde tiroidektomi M.S. Tezer, Ü. Tuncel, K. Sarı, S. Özlügedik, A. Ünal, A. Titiz |
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| Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Fisrt Clinic of ENT, Ankara, Turkey |
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| Laryngeal cancer, laryngectomy, thyroidectomy |
| Abstract |
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Objectives:
Surgery is still the first line therapy in advanced laryngeal cancer.
Especially in T3 and T4 laryngeal cancer total laryngectomy is performed
frequently. In some publications, synchronous ipsilateral thyroidectomy
is recommended if extralaryngeal or subglottic invasion is identified.
However, hypothyroidism and hypocalcemia were determined in patients
after thyroidectomy. In this study we aimed to determine whether
thyroidectomy is necessary in the management of advanced laryngeal
cancer or not. Methods:
We investigated 41 laryngeal cancer patients that had underwent total
laryngectomy and ipsilateral thyroidectomy synchronously between 1993
and 2004. The percentage of thyroid invasion of primary tumor was
evaluated. Results:
We identified only one thyroid metastasis in 41 patients. In 40 patients
no thyroid invasion was found. Conclusion:
These results were consistent with the literature in which synchronous
thyroidectomy was recommended only in selected cases. |
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| Accepted: | June 3, 2005 | ||
| Correspondence: |
Mesut Sabri Tezer, MD İran Cad. Turan Emeksiz Sok. Kent Sitesi A Blok 5/14 Gaziosmanpaşa 06700 Ankara - Türkiye Phone: (0312) 467 89 40, Fax: (0312) 468 23 03 e-mail: mstezer2000@yahoo.com |
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Copyright © 2006 by the Turkish Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. |
