A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON TOTAL LARYNGECTOMY AND ASSOCIATED COMPLICATIONS IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTER

Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2018

Dr. S. Palaniappan, Dr. Rameshbabu

Total laryngectomy is one of the therapeutic options for the treatment of laryngeal cancer. It is radical procedure where whole of the larynx is

removed and in advanced squamous cell carcinomas 1,2 where partial laryngeal surgeries or radiotherapy has failed, this procedure is used as a

salvage procedure. Common complications following the surgery include wound infections, pharyngo cutaneous fistula, flap necrosis, hematoma

and carotid blow – out. This article is a clinical study conducted in our KAPV medical college during the period of January 2016 to January 2017.

All the patients who underwent total laryngectomy and their complications which occurred during the study period were included.

AIM: To study the immediate and late postoperative complications after total laryngectomy and their probable aetiology and management in our

institution