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Primary closure after excision of laryngo-pharyngeal carcinoma in selected cases

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Patients with malignant laryngo-pharyngeal lesions respond poorly to any method of treatment, as compared to those with lesions of the glottis. A laryngeal surgeon should redefine his role in the treatment of the lesions in this region visavis the radiotherapist. The advanced knowledge of histopathology by serial sectioning of the whole organ and the improved knowledge about the nature of spread of the disease is focussing new light on the management of these lesions.

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  1. Department of E.N.T., Chittaranjan Cancer Hospital, Calcutta

    N. R. Sarkar & T. N. Guha

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Read before the 6th Annual Conference of the Association of Otolaryngologist of India, West Bengal State Branch, held in Darjeeling on May 8th & 9th, 1976.

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Sarkar, N.R., Guha, T.N. Primary closure after excision of laryngo-pharyngeal carcinoma in selected cases. Indian J Otolaryngol 29, 55–57 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02991254

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