Larynx-preserving pharyngo-esophagectomy after chemoradiation in the treatment of cancer of the pharyngo-esophageal junction.
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Abstract
Pharyngo-laryngo-esophagectomy in the treatment of advanced tumors of the pharyngo-esophageal junction is associated with a high morbidity and poor quality of life due to loss of the larynx. Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy resulted in a considerable tumor reduction in 6 patients allowing radical tumor resection by larynx-preserving pharyngo-esophagectomy. The operation consisted of total esophagectomy and resection of the posterior pharyngeal wall and reconstruction by a pharyngogastrostomy in 5 patients, and ileocolon interposition in 1 patient.
Medical subject headings
- Esophageal Neoplasms
- Esophagectomy
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Pharyngeal Neoplasms
- Pharyngectomy