surgical treatment of hypopharyngeal carcinoma

ABSTRACT

Carcinoma of the hypopharynx kills usually by the effect of its rapid spread locally and into the neck rather than as a result of distant secondaries. Surgical excision remains the only reliable method of controlling the disease. However, the results of reconstruction of the oro-eosophageal continuity were always disappointing. The present work is an attempt of the authors to evaluate different methods of reconstruction and is based on the experience gained from the management of 40 cases of hypopharyngeal carcinoma