A survey of the clinical outcomes of cervical esophageal carcinoma surgery focusing on the presence or absence of laryngectomy using the National Clinical Database in Japan.
Yasuaki NakajimaHisateru TachimoriYutaka MiyawakiNaoto FujiwaraKenro KawadaHiroshi SatoHiroaki MiyataShinichi SakuramotoHideaki ShimadaMasayuki WatanabeYoshihiro KakejiYuichiro DokiYuko KitagawaPublished in: Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society (2022)
Larynx-preserving surgery was therefore considered to be feasible because it was equivalent to laryngectomy regarding the short-term surgical outcomes.