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'''Laryngectomy''', formally '''total laryngectomy''', is the surgical removal of the [[larynx]].
'''Laryngectomy''' is the surgical removal of the [[larynx]].


==Introduction==
==Introduction==
The usual indication is [[laryngeal cancer]].
The usual indication is high stage [[laryngeal cancer]].<ref name=pmid31136370>{{cite journal |authors=Bates JE, Amdur RJ, Morris CM, Hitchcock KE, Dziegielewski PT, Boyce BJ, Silver NL, Shaw C, Mendenhall WM |title=Curative-dose Chemoradiotherapy Versus Total Laryngectomy For Stage T3-T4 Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx: An "Apples-to-Apples" Analysis of the National Cancer Database |journal=Am J Clin Oncol |volume=42 |issue=6 |pages=527–533 |date=June 2019 |pmid=31136370 |doi=10.1097/COC.0000000000000550 |url=}}</ref>


==Specimen opening==
==Specimen opening==
==Protocol==
==Protocol==
The specimen consists of [laryngopharyngectomy to include oropharynx, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, state laterality]
The specimen is a: [total larynx/laryngopharyngectomy].


Pharyngeal tissue (superior-inferior, left-to-right, anterior-posterior): ___ x ___ x ___ cm; integrity: [intact/disrupted].
Components:
Laryngectomy (superior-inferior, left-to-right, anterior-posterior): ___ x ___ x ___ cm; integrity: [intact/disrupted].
*Pharyngeal tissue (superior-inferior, left-to-right, anterior-posterior): ___ x ___ x ___ cm; integrity: [intact/disrupted].
Thyroid gland [total/partial]: (superior-inferior, left-to-right, anterior-posterior): ___ x ___ x ___ cm; integrity: [intact/disrupted]; appearance [including parenchyma].
*Laryngectomy (superior-inferior, left-to-right, anterior-posterior): ___ x ___ x ___ cm; integrity: [intact/disrupted].
Tracheal stoma: [describe/not present].
*Thyroid gland [total/partial [left/right]]: (superior-inferior, left-to-right, anterior-posterior): ___ x ___ x ___ cm; integrity: [intact/disrupted]; appearance [including parenchyma].
*Tracheal stoma: [describe/not present].


Tumour:
Tumour:
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====Staging====
====Staging====
===Alternate approaches===
===Alternate approaches===
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Head and neck pathology]].
*[[Head and neck pathology]].
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