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Quality of life and voice outcome of patients treated with transoral CO2 laser microsurgery for early glottic carcinoma (T1-T2): a 2-year follow-up study
Purpose Longitudinal studies in laryngeal cancer can provide clinicians information about short-term and long-term functional outcomes, like quality of life (QoL) and voice outco
Voice outcome after unilateral ELS type III or bilateral type II resections for T1-T2 glottic carcinoma: Results after 1 year
Abstract
Background:
Voice outcome was assessed in patients with extended T1 and limited T2 glottic carcinoma, treated with a unilateral type III or a bilateral type II resection according to the European Laryngological Society (ELS) classification.
Methods:
Objective evaluation (acoustic and aerodynamic parameters), perceptual
evaluation (GRBAS), and patients' self-assessment (voice handicap index [VHI])
were performed before and 1 year after treatment. Results were evaluated according to ELS resection type and the involvement of the anterior commissure.
Results:
The majority of voice parameters in all resection subgroups showed an
improvement of the mean score 1 year postoperatively. Grade of dysphonia varied
between 1.15 and 1.66 postoperatively and VHI score varied from 23.3 to 24.5.
Conclusion:
Voice outcome after ELS unilateral type III or a bilateral type II resection for extended T1 and limited T2 glottic carcinoma is good with mild to very
moderate perceptive dysphonia and low self-reported voice impairment