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Vol. 59. Issue 7.
Pages 345-348 (January 2008)
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Vol. 59. Issue 7.
Pages 345-348 (January 2008)
Is it Necessary to Perform Neck Dissections as a Staged Procedure in Laser Supraglottic Laryngectomy?
¿Es necesario diferir los vaciamientos cervicales en las laringectomías supraglóticas con láser?
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Juan Pablo Rodrigo
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juanpablo.rodrigo@sespa.princast.es

Correspondence: Servicio de ORL. Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias. Celestino Villamil, s/n. 33006 Oviedo. Asturias. España.
, Rogelio Charlone, Rubén Cabanillas, José Luis Llorente, Carlos Suárez
Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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Abstract
Introduction and objectives

Endoscopic CO2 laser supraglottic laryngectomy has similar oncological results to the classical open approach. Treatment of the neck is of paramount importance in these tumours and it is usually performed as a staged procedure. The aim of this work is to ascertain if it is safe to perform the neck dissections at the same time as the laser supraglottic laryngectomy.

Methods

Twenty-four patients with supraglottic epidermoid carcinoma, who underwent laser CO2 supraglottic laryngectomy and bilateral neck dissection, were studied. In 12 patients the neck dissections were performed as a staged procedure (a mean of 15 days after the laryngectomy), and in the remaining 12 they were performed simultaneously. Both groups were comparable in terms of age and the staging of their tumours.

Results

No significant differences were found between the groups in terms of surgical complications (P=.18), tracheostomy rates (1 post-operative tracheostomy in each group; P=.99), aspiration pneumonia (P=.48), and the mean for nasogastric tube feeding (P=.36). The mean hospital stay was five days longer in the group with staged neck dissections.

Conclusions

It is a safe procedure to perform neck dissections at the same time as the supraglottic laryngectomy. We did not find any increase in the complications rate and the hospital stay was shorter.

Key words:
Supraglottic laryngectomy
CO2 laser
Neck dissections
Resumen
Introducción y objetivos

La laringectomía supraglótica endoscópica con láser CO2 es una técnica con resultados oncológicos similares que con la técnica convencional. El tratamiento del cuello es esencial en estos tumores, que en general se realiza de forma diferida respecto al tratamiento del tumor primario. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar si es seguro realizar los vaciamientos cervicales de forma simultánea a la laringectomía supraglótica con láser.

Material y método

Se estudia a 24 pacientes con carcinoma epidermoide supraglótico a los que se realizó una laringectomía supraglótica con láser CO2 y vaciamiento cervical bilateral. En 12 pacientes los vaciamientos fueron de forma diferida a la laringectomía (media de 15 días), y en los otros 12, de forma simultánea. Ambos grupos eran similares en cuanto a la distribución por estadios y la edad de los pacientes.

Resultados

No se encontraron diferencias significativas en cuanto a las complicaciones quirúrgicas (p = 0,18), la necesidad de traqueotomías postoperatorias (1 en cada grupo; p=0,99), las neumonías por aspiración (p=0,48), y la media de duración de la alimentación por sonda nasogástrica (p=0,36). La estancia media hospitalaria fue 5 días mayor en el grupo de los vaciamientos diferidos.

Conclusiones

La realización de vaciamientos cervicales en un solo tiempo quirúrgico con la laringectomía supraglótica con láser es un procedimiento seguro, que no aumenta las complicaciones postoperatorias, y permite disminuir la estancia hospitalaria.

Palabras clave:
Laringectomía supraglótica
Láser CO2
Vaciamientos cervicales

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