Stapler Versus Conventional Pharyngeal Repair After Total Larygectomy

Linear Stapler Versus Conventional Repair of the Pharynx After Total Laryngectomy: Functional and Oncological Outcomes

This study was done to investigate the efficacy and safety of the linear stapler closure of the pharynx after total laryngectomy.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All consecutive patients undergoing total laryngectomy for advanced laryngeal carcinoma in the study duration .

Exclusion Criteria:

• Infiltration of the safety margins proved by postoperative histopathology .
• Patients with tumor extension to the tongue base, or the hypopharynx .
• Patients who are unfit for surgery .
• Patients refusal to surgical treatment