Microcirugía transoral láser en cáncer de laringe: Experiencia en el Complejo Asistencial Barros Luco. 2003-2009

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.