Elective neck dissection during salvage laryngectomy

2019 ◽  
Vol 133 (09) ◽  
pp. 788-791
Author(s):  
M Gouzos ◽  
O Dale ◽  
N Sethi ◽  
A Foreman ◽  
S Krishnan ◽  
...  

AbstractObjectivesThis study aimed to evaluate the effect of neck dissection on survival and complication rates in patients with no clinical or radiological evidence of cervical nodal disease (N0) undergoing salvage laryngectomy.MethodsA retrospective study was conducted of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx following primary radiotherapy that required salvage laryngectomy. Disease-free and overall survival rates were compared over three years using Kaplan–Meier analysis. Pharyngocutaneous fistula rate, hospitalisation length and the requirement for further surgical intervention were also compared across cohorts.ResultsTwenty-three cases met the inclusion criteria (17 neck dissections, 6 undissected). No significant differences in survival outcomes were identified. One patient who underwent neck dissection for advanced, recurrent transglottic squamous cell carcinoma showed evidence of occult lymph node metastases. Fistula rates did not differ significantly between dissected and non-dissected groups; however, two patients required surgical repair of post-operative pharyngocutaneous fistula following neck dissection.ConclusionIn this study, elective neck dissection did not appear to alter survival outcomes or complication rates during salvage laryngectomy. Given the small but significant risk of occult neck metastases, its true value remains unclear.


2014 ◽  
Vol 151 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. P61-P61
Author(s):  
Rachel A. Giese ◽  
Emre A. Vural ◽  
Mauricio A. Moreno

2020 ◽  
Vol 130 (4) ◽  
pp. 899-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer H. Gross ◽  
Peter M. Vila ◽  
Laura Simon ◽  
Zain H. Rizvi ◽  
Joseph Zenga ◽  
...  

Head & Neck ◽  
2012 ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Moran Amit ◽  
Ohad Hilly ◽  
Leonor Leider-Trejo ◽  
Aharon Popovtzer ◽  
Orit Gutfeld ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
S Sharma ◽  
D A Chaukar ◽  
M Bal ◽  
A K D'Cruz

Abstract Background There is controversy regarding management of the neck at salvage laryngectomy. The aim of this study was to perform an analysis to determine the incidence of occult node positivity in this group and analyse factors affecting it. Method A retrospective analysis of 171 patients who underwent salvage total laryngectomy between 2000 and 2015 for recurrent or residual disease following definitive non-surgical treatment and were clinico-radiologically node negative at the time salvage laryngectomy was carried out. Results A total of 171 patients with laryngeal or hypopharyngeal cancers underwent concurrent neck dissection at laryngectomy. There were 162 patients (94.7 per cent) who underwent bilateral neck dissection, and 9 patients (5.3 per cent) who underwent ipsilateral neck dissection. The occult lateral nodal metastasis rate was 10.5 per cent. Of various factors, initial node positive disease was the only factor predicting occult metastasis on univariable and multivariable analysis (p = 0.001). Conclusion Risk of occult metastasis is high in patients who have node positive disease before starting radiotherapy. This group should be offered elective neck dissection.


Oral Oncology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 97-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Lin ◽  
Sidharth V. Puram ◽  
Mustafa G. Bulbul ◽  
Rosh K. Sethi ◽  
James W. Rocco ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 123 (11) ◽  
pp. 2706-2711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ohad Hilly ◽  
Sagit Stern ◽  
Einav Horowitz ◽  
Moshe Leshno ◽  
Raphael Feinmesser

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika E. Freiser ◽  
Rosemary B. Ojo ◽  
Kaming Lo ◽  
Sandra Saint-Victor ◽  
Craig Bollig ◽  
...  

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