Objectives The primary objective was to determine the rate of occult cervical nodal
metastasis in patients undergoing elective neck dissection (END) during salvage …

Objective Elective neck dissection (END) for salvage laryngectomy remains controversial
due to variability in reported occult nodal metastasis rates and postoperative complications …

Introduction The authors provide an updated, systematic and comprehensive summary of
the literature concerning management of the N0 neck in patients for whom primary …

Objectives To identify the factors related to the presence of occult metastases before salvage
total laryngectomy (STL) in rcN0 patients and to propose an algorithm to identify patients …

Importance Controversy exists regarding management of the clinically node-negative neck
in patients with recurrent larynx or hypopharynx cancers who received total laryngectomy …

Background Approximately 30% of nonsurgically treated patients with laryngeal squamous
cell carcinoma will suffer recurrence, and many will be clinically N0; the indication for …

Background Neopharyngeal stenosis is a recognized sequela of total laryngectomy (TL). We
aim to investigate the incidence of stenosis requiring dilation, risk factors for stenosis and …

Objective To perform an external validation of the algorithm for elective treatment of the
lymph node areas proposed by GETTEC for patients candidates to salvage total …

Objective Radiotherapy is considered a risk factor for pharyngocutaneous fistula after a total
laryngectomy. This study aimed to analyse the impact of exclusive radiotherapy versus …

Materials and Methods A retrospective evaluation of cN0 patients who underwent primary or
salvage total/pharyngolaryngectomy at a French tertiary facility in 2008–2018, with or …