Abstract
The preservation of larynx function is a particularly important challenge in head and neck cancer therapy. We considered adaptation and problems associated with vertical partial laryngectomies in particular in reviewing the results of functional preservation operations until present.
Vertical partial laryngectomies show a high incidence of complications, such as postoperative fistulation, but in most cases the complications were minor in nature.
There were no cases with grave complications, such as postoperative hemorrhaging or total laryngectomies with necrosis of the remnant cartilage.
We came to the conclusion that the vertical partial laryngectomy operative method could be safely performed even for a recurrence after radical cure treatment.
