Journal Reviews

Vascularised tissue in salvage total laryngectomy

1 September 2014 | | Salvage laryngectomy, free flaps, pedicled flaps, pharyngocutaneous fistula, reconstruction, recurrent laryngeal cancer

Chemoradiation (CRT) has become the mainstay for locally advanced laryngeal cancer since the RTOG 91-11 trial. Unfortunately there is still a substantial demand for salvage laryngectomies, which have a higher complication rate, the most notable being pharyngocutaneous fistula (PCF). Several...