TY - JOUR
T1 - Five head and neck cancer cases receiving recurrent laryngeal nerve reconstruction after surgical treatment with mediastinal dissection
AU - Yazawa, Masaki
AU - Yokoyama, Junkichi
AU - Itoh, Shin
AU - Yoshimoto, Hitoshi
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In head and neck cancers, it is sometimes necessary to remove the recurrent laryngeal nerve with the cancer. Recently, in thyroid cancer, reconstruction of the recurrent laryngeal nerve has been generally performed in consideration of the patient's quality of life. In this study, we examined 5 cases receiving recurrent laryngeal nerve reconstruction after removal of the tumor with mediastinal dissection. All patients showed an acceptable recovery postoperatively without aspiration or pneumonia. From the aspect of postoperative recovery and life expectancy, reconstruction of the recurrent laryngeal nerve is important in serious cases with mediastinal dissection.
AB - In head and neck cancers, it is sometimes necessary to remove the recurrent laryngeal nerve with the cancer. Recently, in thyroid cancer, reconstruction of the recurrent laryngeal nerve has been generally performed in consideration of the patient's quality of life. In this study, we examined 5 cases receiving recurrent laryngeal nerve reconstruction after removal of the tumor with mediastinal dissection. All patients showed an acceptable recovery postoperatively without aspiration or pneumonia. From the aspect of postoperative recovery and life expectancy, reconstruction of the recurrent laryngeal nerve is important in serious cases with mediastinal dissection.
KW - head and neck cancer
KW - mediastinal dissection
KW - nerve reconstruction
KW - QOL
KW - recurrent laryngeal nerve
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U2 - 10.5981/jjhnc.32.360
DO - 10.5981/jjhnc.32.360
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009643369
VL - 32
SP - 360
EP - 363
JO - Japanese Journal of Head and Neck Cancer
JF - Japanese Journal of Head and Neck Cancer
SN - 1349-5747
IS - 3
ER -