| Abstract: | ![]()
We reviewed 573 patients who underwent total laryngectomy between 1989-1999 in the Otolaryngological Clinic of CM UMK. Pharyngocutaneous fistulae occurred in 65 cases (11.3%). In 16 patients who were preoperatively irradiated, the fistulae occurred in 7 cases (43.7%). In the non-radiotherapy group of 557 persons, in 58 cases (10.4%) after total laryngectomy, the wound healing was disturbed and a pharyngocutaneous fistula was observed. The authors reviewed the Polish and the foreign literature concerning the influence of preoperative radiotherapy on wound healing after surgical treatment of larynx carcinomas. |
