Anterior Region (Robbins Level VI – Superior Part)

Abstract

In this chapter, we explore chiefly the larynx and the hypopharynx. In all surgical specialties, in recent years there has been an increased preference for the conservative approach to malignant tumors. This is particularly true in oncological surgery of the larynx, thanks especially to endoscopic laser surgery and to the so-called reconstructive laryngectomies. The precise anatomical knowledge of the larynx, in regard to both its surface appearance and its deep spaces, and of the preferential means of diffusion of neoplasias, is of fundamental importance to allow the surgical indication to be as conservative as possible, without decreasing the survival percentage.