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Elective neck treatment during salvage (pharyngo) laryngectomy

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aimed at determining the importance of an elective neck dissection (END) in case of a cN0 laryngeal or hypopharyngeal carcinoma after (chemo) radiation.

Methods

Retrospective review was made of patients treated in a single tertiary center between 2002 and 2014. Influence of an END in case of a cN0 salvage laryngectomy on complications, recurrence-free survival and disease-specific survival was assessed. Inclusion criteria: squamous cell carcinoma and cN0 neck. Exclusion criteria: second primary tumor in the head and neck, a total laryngectomy because of a dysfunctional larynx, or a previously performed neck dissection.

Results

Of the 86 included patients, 27 (31%) underwent an END, of which 1 had occult metastasis (4%). Of the remaining 59 patients (69%) without an END, 3 developed a regional recurrence (5%). The overall survival was significantly higher for patients who had an END (p = 0.037). The incidence of complications was not significantly different between the two groups.

Conclusions

In light of the limited complications of an END and the poor prognosis of regional recurrence after previous (chemo)radiotherapy and a (pharyngo)laryngectomy, we advise consideration of an END at the time of a salvage laryngectomy.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck surgery, ErasmusMC Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Simone E. Bernard, Marjan H. Wieringa, Cees A. Meeuwis, Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong & Aniel Sewnaik

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Bernard, S.E., Wieringa, M.H., Meeuwis, C.A. et al. Elective neck treatment during salvage (pharyngo) laryngectomy. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 276, 1127–1133 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-018-5257-0

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