This report described a surgical resection technique of hemilaryngopharyngectomy for piriform sinus carcinoma.
A patient w ith piriform sinus carcinoma staged T2NOMO was selected for the resection, which consisted of ipsilateral neck dissection and hemilaryngopharyngectomy which included partial resection of the cricoid cartilage. This covered the safety margin for the invasion to the apex.
For rec o nstruction, a pectoralis major myocutaneous flap was divided into two portions, of which one was used for the pharyngeal cavity and the other for the laryngeal cavity.
The patient can speak well postoperatively, except for slight hoarseness, with the new vocal cord located on the flap, which was made by mattress suture of the skin.
However, he cannot eat without pressing his upper neck with his finger to close the airway and prevent food aspiration.
He respirates through a tracheostoma.
In summary, we performe d hemilaryngopharyngectomy in a patient, whose voice was preserved, not by the construction of a speech tube, but by the construction of new vocal cord, and we described the surgical technique and its indication.
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