Quality of Life After Conservation Surgery for Laryngeal Cancer

Sadoughi, Babak

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2015.04.010

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“…Tracheostoma care and tracheostomy tube care are especially important. The significance of this topic for the patient's good feeling is proved by the results of our research in accordance with the results of other works [30,31]. The patient has to be properly informed, because communication is the most difficult in the early postoperative period.…”

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Key problems of the quality of life of patients after total laryngectomy

Slouka¹,

Kučera²,

Hošek³

et al. 2018

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Laryngeal cancer is the most frequent cancer in the head and neck area. Approximately one third of patients are treated by total laryngectomy (TL). The rate of the patient's adaptation to new conditions is crucial to the quality of his or her future life. Some patients survive tens of years after this operation. The preparation for TL is a complicated process that affects a patient's cooperation in postsurgical time. The patient is informed of the essence of the disease, treatment possibilities, the process of preoperative preparation, as well as the operation itself. Great emphasis is put on awareness of the postoperative development, the patient's good cooperation, as well as good prognosis of the disease. Losing one's voice and the cosmetic defects caused by the tracheostoma are a great problem for the patient. The aim of this study was to show the main problems that patients after total laryngectomy deal with in common life. Material: In the group, there were 102 patients who had been operated on between 2003 and 2013, 62 of which met the classification criteria. Methods: This prospective study was statistically evaluated. The frequencies of responses were processed in tables. Results: During the early postoperative period, the greatest problem of patients after total laryngectomy is their adaptation to new principles of breathing, which is subsequently followed by the adaptation to a new and different way of communication. The best option for the patient is to communicate using esophageal voice. Only 55% of operated patients use one of the verbal forms of alternative voice communication in their future lives.

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Key problems of the quality of life of patients after total laryngectomy

Slouka¹,

Kučera²,

Hošek³

et al. 2018

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“…(4,19,23) Both results are consistent with the population-based studies on head and neck cancer, which reported its highest occurrence in men with a mean age of approximately 60 years. (3,9,11,14,16) Concomitant alcohol consumption and smoking was observed in more than 80% of patients in this study. Its synergistic effect is well-described in the literature, and these risk factors are associated with increased occurrence of head and neck cancer.…”

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“…(10) This conservative surgical technique for laryngeal carcinoma removes the tumor and its safety margin free of the disease, reconstructing a functional neolarynx. (3,10,11) Horizontal partial laryngectomies have been established as surgical options for the treatment of laryngeal cancer in the intermediate/advanced stages. (12) In 1959, the supracricoid laryngectomies (SCL) with cricohyoidoepiglottopexy (CHEP) was introduced by Majer, as a safe oncologic resection for patients with laryngeal cancer.…”

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Swallowing, voice and quality of life of patients submitted to extended supratracheal laryngectomy

Zica¹,

Freitas²,

Silva³

et al. 2020

Einstein (São Paulo)

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“…Lately, the QoL reported by patients regardless of correlation with clinical parameters of health has paramount importance in treatment management. Comparison of the QoL in these patients might give better insight into patients' expectations and benefits from choosing the treatment method [11].…”

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Quality of life in patients with laryngeal cancer before and after surgery

Zatoński

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2019

Srp Arh Celok Lek

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Introduction/Objective. Assessment of the Quality-of-life questionnaires was filled out before and after surgery by patients with laryngeal cancer hospitalized in the Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Department, qualified for surgical treatment. Methods. Fifty-four patients with laryngeal cancer in T3 and T4 stages who were qualified for total laryngectomy were asked to fill out the EORTC QLQ-30 and H&N30 modules before and a few years after surgical treatment. Results. The quality of life of the hospitalized patients increased after surgery. The level of pain after surgery decreased and was statistically significant (p = 0.025). In the study group, 90.6% of patients survived five years after surgery. Conclusion. The quality of life in patients with laryngeal cancer improved in the domain of pain. Further research should be conducted on a larger group of patients. Future results could provide useful material for analysis regarding the benefits for the patient that may be relevant to a decision to consent to the proposed treatment and the choice of its type.

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Quality of Life After Conservation Surgery for Laryngeal Cancer

Cited by 9 publications

References 50 publications

Key problems of the quality of life of patients after total laryngectomy

Key problems of the quality of life of patients after total laryngectomy

Swallowing, voice and quality of life of patients submitted to extended supratracheal laryngectomy

Quality of life in patients with laryngeal cancer before and after surgery

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