Laryngectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing a part or all of the voice-box (also known as the larynx). Laryngectomy can be either partial or total, in total laryngectomy the entire larynx is removed and in a partial laryngectomy only a portion removed depending upon the patients condition. It is generally performed in patients that suffer from cancer of the larynx. In this surgery, the doctor will make an incision in the neck area to access the larynx and take out the diseased or damaged tissue. In total laryngectomy, the doctor will have to build a new permanent airway by making a hole (known as a stoma) in the neck region, and then connect the patient's windpipe to this hole to allow for airflow.
Laryngeal cancer in most of the cases are treated with more conservative surgeries
through the mouth or with radiation and sometimes chemotherapy. Laryngectomy is
performed when those treatments fail to conserve the larynx or the larynx is badly severely affected. Laryngectomy is also performed on individuals with other types of
head and neck cancer or severe swallowing problems.
Treatments for Laryngectomy in India
- Aster Medicity, Kochi
- BLK Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi
- Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon
- Medanta - The Medicity
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