Total laryngectomy as a palliative procedure for a patient with advanced laryngeal and colon cancers: dilemmas
It may be of importance to emphasize the decision to perform a bilateral neck dissection with the laryngectomy, since this procedure may add morbidity to the patient, as mentioned later on. The thought was to offer the patient palliation regarding his life as a whole, with the ability to breath, eat...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of palliative care 2006-12, Vol.22 (4), p.309-311 |
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Zusammenfassung: | It may be of importance to emphasize the decision to perform a bilateral neck dissection with the laryngectomy, since this procedure may add morbidity to the patient, as mentioned later on. The thought was to offer the patient palliation regarding his life as a whole, with the ability to breath, eat, have speech rehabilitation, and allow chemotherapy for the colon cancer. |
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ISSN: | 0825-8597 2369-5293 |
DOI: | 10.1177/082585970602200411 |