Impact of Lymph Node Yield in Patients Undergoing Total Laryngectomy and Neck Dissection.

Michael C Topf Ramez H W PhilipsJoseph CurryLinda C MaganaMadalina TulucVoichita Bar-AdWilliam KeaneRichard A GoldmanAdam LuginbuhlDavid Cognetti

Published in: The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology (2020)

Radiotherapy significantly reduces LNY in patients undergoing TL and ND. Within a single institution cohort, positive margins, but not LNY, is associated with survival in both primary and salvage TL patients.Level of Evidence: 4.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
lymph node
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
radiation therapy
rectal cancer