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Proposal for revision of the European Laryngological Society classification of endoscopic cordectomies

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Abstract

A classification of laryngeal endoscopic cordectomies, which included eight different types, was first proposed by the European Laryngological Society in 2000. The purpose of this proposal of classification was an attempt to reach better consensus amongst clinicians and agree on uniformity in reporting the extent and depth of resection of cordectomy procedures, to allow relevant comparisons within the literature when presenting/publishing the results of surgery, and to recommend the use of guidelines to allow for reproducibility amongst practicing laryngologists. A total of 24 article citations of this classification have been found through the science citation index, as well as 3 book chapters on larynx cancer surgery, confirming its acceptance. However, on reflection, and with the passage of time, lesions originating at the anterior commissure have not been clearly described and, for that reason, a new endoscopic cordectomy (type VI) for cancers of the anterior commissure, which have extended or not to one or both of the vocal folds, without infiltration of the thyroid cartilage is now being proposed by the European Laryngological Society Committee on Nomenclature to revise and complete the initially reported classification.

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  1. Department of Oto–rhino–laryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Louvain at Mont-Godinne, Dr G. Therasse Avenue, 1, 5530, Yvoir, Belgium

    Marc Remacle & Christophe Van Haverbeke

  2. Department of Oto–rhino–laryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Regional Hospital, Klagenfurt, Austria

    Hans Eckel

  3. Department of Oto–rhino–laryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 5EU, UK

    Patrick Bradley

  4. Department of Oto–rhino–laryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Hospital Claude Huriez, University of Lille, Lille, France

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  5. Department of Oto–rhino–laryngology and Head & Neck Surgery Medical Center, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

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  7. Department of Oto–rhino–laryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Graz, Graz, Austria

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Remacle, M., Van Haverbeke, C., Eckel, H. et al. Proposal for revision of the European Laryngological Society classification of endoscopic cordectomies. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 264, 499–504 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-007-0279-z

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