Laryngeal function sparing surgery and perioperative radiotherapy for advanced hypopharyngeal cancer / 中国耳鼻咽喉头颈外科

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the treatment results of perioperative radiation and conservation laryngeal surgery for advanced hypopharyngeal cancer. METHODS Forty seven patients with hypopharyngeal cancer treated with laryngeal function-sparing surgery were collected in this retrospective study. There were 3 posterior hypopharyngeal wall cancers and 44 pyriform sinus cancers. Forty four patients received preoperative irradiation,and three postoperatively. The types of surgery were21 pyriform sinusectomies,16 pyriform sinusectomies accompanying with partial laryngectomies,and 10 partial hypopharyngectomies with near total laryngectomies. Six skin flaps and 2 jejunum flaps were used to repair the defects. RESULTS The 5 year survival rate of Ⅲ,Ⅳstage was 59 % and 50.2 % respectively and the laryngeal functions were preserved. CONCLUSION The policy of laryngeal function preservation was feasible in the treatment of locally advanced hypopharyngeal cancer. Suffice it to say that a combination of radiation and surgery was mandatory