Abstract
We have been using CO2 laser surgery for laryngeal diseases since 1982. A total of 57 patients were treated with this procedure, including one patient with adult papilloma, four with intubation granuloma, 32 with vocal cord leukoplakia and 20 with glottic cancer. The results lead us to the following conclusions :
1. Laser treatment is indicated for benign diseases, such as papilloma, granuloma and vocal cord leukoplakia, and Ti cancer.
2. Careful determination of the extent of lesion before surgery and long-term postoperative follow-up are essential in cases of histopathologically atypical disease and cancer.
3. Laser treatment also appears to be useful from the standpoint of quality of life in elderly patients and in those patients to whom other therapeutic methods are not applicable.
