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INTRODUCCIÓN: La laringectomía total es el tratamiento de elección del cáncer de laringe avanzado, requiriendo en ocasiones asociar una resección parcial o total de la faringe para su manejo. El defecto faríngeo, puede repararse con colgajos libres o pediculados, teniendo estos últimos la ventaja de ser simples, confiables y resistentes a la radioterapia. OBJETIVO: Presentar los resultados funcionales de una serie de pacientes tratados con faringolaringectomía y reconstrucción faríngea con colgajo pediculado. MATERIAL Y MÉTODO: Se revisaron registros de pacientes con laringectomía total más faringectomía parcial y reconstrucción con colgajo pediculado en el Hospital Regional de Talca entre 2009 y 2017, encontrando 6 casos de los cuales 4 se encontraron vivos al momento de iniciar el estudio. Se realizó videofluoroscopía para evaluar deglución, presencia de estenosis y/o fístulas, además, de evaluación nutricional y encuesta de calidad de vida. RESULTADOS: En el estudio de la deglución por fluoroscopía, todos los pacientes presentaron escasa retención del material de contraste en la hipofaringe y esófago cervical, lo cual está en relación con cambios morfológicos posquirúrgicos, sin afectar significativamente el mecanismo deglutorio. Todos los pacientes se encontraron eutróficos en su evaluación nutricional y sin evidencias de alteración de su calidad de vida secundaria a la deglución. CONCLUSIONES: La reconstrucción faríngea parcial con colgajo pediculado en pacientes con laringectomías totales asociadas a faringectomía parcial permite una deglución adecuada y sin disfagia, con un estado nutricional eutrófico.
INTRODUCTION: Total laryngectomy is the treatment of choice for advanced laryngeal cancer and after radiotherapy failure. In patients with pharyngeal invasion, it is associated with total or partial pharyngectomy, wich defect can be repaired with free or pedicle flaps. AIM: To present a brief series of pedicle flap reconstruction approach after pharyngolaryngectomy in laryngeal carcinoma patients and functional outcomes MATERIALS AND METHOD: We looked at laryngeal cancer patient records who were treated with total laryngectomy with partial pharyngectomy and pharyngeal reconstruction with pedicle flap at "Hospital Regional de Talca" between the years 2009 and 2017, finding 6 cases, 4 of which were alive at the beginning of the study. We analized videoflourocopy swallow studies to assess mechanisms of deglutition, and presence of stenosis or fistulas. We also performed a nutritional state assessment and a quality of life questionnaire. RESULTS: During videodeglutition study, the 4 patients showed minimal contrast swallow delay at hypopharynx and cervical esophagus. All the patients were found eutrophic in their nutritional assessment and with no significant evidence of quality of life disturbances secondary to deglutition state. CONCLUSIONS: Partial pharyngeal reconstruction using pedicle flaps in patients who underwent total laryngectomy with partial pharyngectomy allows to maintain an adequate deglutition without dysphagia, as well as a good nutritional state.
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Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Aged , Pharyngectomy/methods , Surgical Flaps , Pharyngeal Neoplasms/surgery , Laryngeal Neoplasms/surgery , Laryngectomy/methods , Quality of Life , Fluoroscopy/methods , Nutritional Status , Retrospective Studies , Recovery of Function , Deglutition/physiology , Length of StayABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: We undertook this study to evaluate the results obtained with conservation therapy of the larynx in patients with laryngopharyngeal epidermoid carcinoma. METHODS: Patients with stages I and II epidermoid cancer of the larynx and pharynx were included. All patients were evaluated endoscopically, functionally, and with cervical tomography. Results of the procedures were evaluated on the basis of oncological control and laryngeal function (voice, swallowing and ventilation). RESULTS: There were 41 male patients with a median age of 55 years. In 32 patients, surgery was the initial treatment and in nine patients as rescue treatment after radiotherapy. In 58.5% the location was glottic, in 22% supraglottic, in 12% glotto-supraglottic and in 7% vallecular and hypopharynx. Subtotal laryngectomy was performed with cricohyoidepiglottopexy in 18 patients, frontolateral in 11, supraglottic in 5, subglottic-epiglottectomy in 3, hemipharyngolaryngectomy in 3, and in one hemiglottectomy. The time until decannulation and removal of nasogastric catheter depended on the type of surgery. One patient (2%) had to be subjected to a rescue laryngectomy due to constant aspiration. This patient demonstrated residual tumor in the sample. Nine patients had some type of complication, the most frequent being wound infection (7.3%). One patient died postoperatively due to sepsis (2.4%), and another patient died due to systemic causes 4 months after the intervention. Median follow-up time is 25 months and no patient has presented tumor recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: Voice conservation surgery is an alternative to mutilation of the larynx in patients with locally advanced neoplasms of the larynx with a high risk of recurrence if treated with radiotherapy.
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Humans , Male , Female , Middle Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/surgery , Pharyngectomy/methods , Laryngectomy/methods , Pharyngeal Neoplasms/surgery , Laryngeal Neoplasms/surgery , Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/surgeryABSTRACT
O câncer de esôfago cervical é uma doença rara. O melhor tratamento é o cirúrgico, porém com muitas complicações. Portanto, sugerimos, demonstrando dois casos operados, um acesso minimamente invasivo (laparoscópico e/ou toracoscópico) com faringolaringectomia total e autonomização do tubo gástrico previamente, com o intuito de diminuir a incidência de fistula.
The cervical esophagus cancer is a rare disease. The best treatment is the surgical one. However, it can present many complications. Therefore, we suggest, demostrating two operated cases, a minimally invasive access (laparoscopic and/or thorascopic) with total pharyngolaryngectomy and autonomization of the gastric tube previously in order to decrase the incidence of leak.
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Humans , Male , Female , Middle Aged , Carcinoma/surgery , Esophagectomy/methods , Pharyngectomy/methods , Laryngectomy/methods , Esophageal Neoplasms/surgery , Laparoscopy , Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures , ThoracoscopyABSTRACT
This study included 30 patients. To all these cases total laryngopharyngectomy was performed with or without radical neck dissection and the transposed stomach was used for reconstruction at the same sitting with one safe anastomotic line and with or without gastric drainage procedure, i.e. pyloroplasty or pyloromyotomy. After reviewing tacking data the results of this surgical procedure were evaluated, which included all preoperative data, histopathological examination and staging of the tumors; All operative complications; Postoperative complications, morbidity, mortality, entral feeding and endoscopic biopsies; and hospital stay. Comparing of these results with the results of the other surgical procedures which had been used before, such as, Deltopectoral graft, pectoralis major myocutaneous flap, colon interposition and jejunal interposition graft. It was found that the surgical procedure of gastric transposition operation seems evident to be the most adequate procedure for reconstruction of the pharynex after total laryngophorenjectomy for hypopharyngeal carcinoma. The only technical problem in this surgical procedure is whether to perform a gastric drainage procedure or not