%0 Journal Article
%T Microcirug¨Şa transoral l¨˘ser en c¨˘ncer de laringe: Experiencia en el Complejo Asistencial Barros Luco. 2003-2009
%A Arregui V
%A Rodrigo
%A Ort¨²zar G
%A Esteban
%A Calabrese
%A Rocco
%J Revista de otorrinolaringolog¨Şa y cirug¨Şa de cabeza y cuello
%D 2011
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0718-48162011000100002
%X introduction: laryngeal cancer is the second most common malignancy in head and neck, and there are several treatment options for their management, wherein the use of lasers for early stages. aim: to evaluate the oncological results of patients with a diagnosis of laringeal cancer, they were treated by transoral laser microsurgery at hospital barros luco. material and method: retrospective study of 30 medical records of patients operated at the barros luco hospital from 2003 to 2009. results: for patients with t1 tumor overall survival (adjusted) initial and final local control of 100%% was obtained. in t2 patients overall survival was 100%% with an initial and final local control of 81.8%. patients t3 described a 100% overall survival but without achieving local control and final control in none of the patients. discussion: cancer control results obtained in our service for early stages are similar to those described in the literature. conclusions: transoral laser surgery is a safe procedure with acceptable oncological outcomes in management of patients with neoplastic disease of the larynx in early stages.
%K transoral laser surgery
%K cancer of the larynx.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-48162011000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en