Surgical treatment of post-cricoid carcinoma

Experience of the treatment of 20 patients with post-cricoid carcinoma is reported, and the conclusion reached was that radical surgery is the best form of treatment, using radiotherapy to deal with subsequent developments. The surgical procedure used has been a single-stage pharyngolaryngectomy and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Thorax 1968-09, Vol.23 (5), p.550-555
1. Verfasser:	Mullard, Kenneth
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Colon - transplantation Esophageal Neoplasms - surgery Esophagoplasty Female Humans Laryngeal Neoplasms - surgery Laryngectomy Male Middle Aged Neoplasm Metastasis Neoplasm Recurrence, Local Pharyngeal Neoplasms - surgery Postoperative Complications Trachea - surgery Transplantation, Autologous
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Zusammenfassung:	Experience of the treatment of 20 patients with post-cricoid carcinoma is reported, and the conclusion reached was that radical surgery is the best form of treatment, using radiotherapy to deal with subsequent developments. The surgical procedure used has been a single-stage pharyngolaryngectomy and total oesophagectomy with restoration of continuity by a posterior mediastinal colon transplant.
ISSN:	0040-6376 1468-3296
DOI:	10.1136/thx.23.5.550