A Clinical Study of Pharyngolaryngectomy with Total Esophagectomy: Postoperative Complications, Countermeasures, and Prognoses

Conclusions Serious postoperative complications were related to tracheostomaplasty. Although pharyngolaryngectomy with total esophagectomy is highly invasive, we believe that our outlined treatment method is the most appropriate for cases of advanced hypopharyngeal or cervical esophageal cancer that also requires concurrent surgery for esophageal cancer.

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Source: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery - September 1, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Kamiyama, R., Mitani, H., Yonekawa, H., Fukushima, H., Sasaki, T., Shimbashi, W., Seto, A., Koizumi, Y., Ebina, A., Kawabata, K. Tags: Head and Neck Surgery Source Type: research