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Influence of Preoperative Radiation Therapy on the Occurrence of Pharyngocutaneous Fistula After Total Laryngectomy

Introduction Chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) has increasingly been employed for the treatment of laryngeal cancer at T3 or higher rather than total laryngectomy (TL), in order to preserve the larynx. However, TL is still frequently performed in patients with advanced laryngeal cancer, especially T4 disease...

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Autores principales: Higashino, Masaaki, Aihara, Teruhito, Terada, Tetsuya, Kawata, Ryo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8033539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33842170
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13797