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Gastric tube transposition for cancer of the hypopharynx and cervical oesophagus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. P. Marmuse ,
C. Guedon  and
V. N. Koka
J. P. Marmuse*
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Hôspital Bichat–Claude Bernard, Paris, France.
C. Guedon
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Ho^spital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France.
V. N. Koka
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Ho^spital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France.
*
Dr J. P. Marmuse, Department of Surgery, Chu Bichat–Claude Bernard, 46, rue H. Huchard, 75877 Paris Cedex 18, France. Fax: 1-40258839
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Abstract

A study of 20 cases of gastric tube transposition following total laryngopharyngoesophagectomy during an eight-year period is presented. The site of the tumour was: hypopharynx in 13 cases (12 pyriform sinus, 1 postcricoid); and cervical oesophagus in seven cases. There were nine (45 per cent) Stage III lesions and 11 (55 per cent) Stage IV lesions (UICC, 1987).

Post-operative morbidity rate was 15 per cent. Hospital mortality rate was 10 per cent (cause of death was myocardial infarction). Anastomotic fistula rate was five per cent. Excluding hospital mortality, the three year actuarial survival rate was 35 per cent for the whole series and 53 per cent for patients with hypopharyngeal cancer. The actuarial survival rate for patients with oesophageal cancer at one and two years was 41 and zero per cent respectively.

The transposition of a tubed stomach provided successful swallowing in two-thirds of the patients for a period of more than a year and these patients developed good neoesophageal speech.

Keywords

LaryngectomyPharyngectomyOesophagectomyPharyngeal neoplasmsSpeech, oesophageal

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 108 , Issue 1 , January 1994 , pp. 33 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1994

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