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Poster Presentations: American Head and Neck Society
August 2006

P143 Importance of Anterior Commissure in Recurrence of Early Glottic Cancer After Laser Endoscopic Resection

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006;132(8):893. doi:10.1001/archotol.132.8.893-b

Objective: To analyze the impact of anterior commissure involvement on local control, rate of recurrence, and larynx preservation in patients with early glottic cancer (pT1a-pT2a) treated with laser microsurgical resection.

Design: Prospective nonrandomized trial.

Setting: Tertiary referral university center.

Patients: Forty-eight patients with early glottic (T1-T2a) cancer treated with laser microsurgical resection with at least 2 years of follow-up were enrolled in this study.

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