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'''Laryngectomy''' | '''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 | 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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