Resurgence of Emergency Total Laryngectomy: An Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic

Laryngeal cancer is one of the most common head and neck cancers in India. Surgery is the preferred modality of treatment in majority of cT4a cases and selective cT3 cases of Carcinoma Larynx. COVID-19 outbreak became a global pandemic and caused significant delays and disruptions in every aspect of...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Kranthi, Kumar, Sravan, Kumar, Anil, Nemade, Hemantkumar, Rao, LMCS
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2023
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9838322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36684824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-022-03422-5
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Sumario:Laryngeal cancer is one of the most common head and neck cancers in India. Surgery is the preferred modality of treatment in majority of cT4a cases and selective cT3 cases of Carcinoma Larynx. COVID-19 outbreak became a global pandemic and caused significant delays and disruptions in every aspect of cancer care. Similarly, patients of laryngeal cancer presented with advanced disease and significant stridor. In such cases, Emergency total laryngectomy (ETL) proved to be a valid treatment modality in the place of conventional workup and treatment. We present our experience with Emergency laryngectomy during the COVID-19 pandemic and how we overcame its challenges. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12070-022-03422-5.

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