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## Abstract ## Background. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of endoscopic CO~2~ laser microsurgery in the management of supraglottic cancer. ## Methods. One hundred twenty‐four patients (116 men and eight women; mean age, 59 years; range 31–81 years) with supraglottic cancer underwent CO~2~ laser surgery (mean follow‐up 5 years). The study patients were classified as follows: 45 patients, T1N0M0; 61 patients, T2N0M0; and 18 patients, T3N0M0. According to the staging, the following procedures were adopted: epiglottectomy, resection of aryepiglottic fold or false vocal cord in T1 patients (group A); resection of the false vocal cord and adjacent structures in T2 patients (group B); and supraglottic laryngectomy in T3 patients (group C). Statistical comparison of survival parameters was carried out with Wilcoxon test, considering __p__ < .05 the minimum significance value. ## Results. Overall actuarial survival, adjusted actuarial survival, and no evidence of disease at 5 years were 91%, 97%, and 82% in group A; 88%, 94%, and 59% in group B; and 81%, 81%, and 51% in group C, respectively. The statistical analysis of survival parameters showed a significant differ

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Author

Gaetano Motta; Erik Esposito; Domenico Testa; Renata Iovine; Sergio Motta

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 1043-3074)

Published

2004

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)