[The effect of preoperative irradiation on wound healing after laryngectomy--literature review and own results].

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%).

[Age and complications after laryngectomy].

Between 1989-1999, 573 patients (501 male and 72 female) with laryngeal cancer underwent laryngectomy in the Otolaryngological Clinic of the Medical University in Bydgoszcz. The age varied from 32 to 88 years (mean age--56.5 years).

[Post-laryngectomy pharyngocutaneous fistula--a continuing clinical problem].

Background: Pharyngocutaneous fistula following laryngectomy is a serious complication, and its incidence varies from 4% to 65%. The study's objective was to determine the incidence of post laryngectomy fistulas in patients operated in our department to establish whether specific factors predispose to fistula formation.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed in 573 patients who underwent laryngectomy.

[Rhinophyma--diagnosis and treatment].

The authors present four cases with rare disease--rhinophyma. These disease occurs mainly in males of middle and old age. It results from long-standing rosacea in some patients.

[Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy].

The authors share their experience in treating 50 cases of stenosis or obstruction of the nasolacrimal outflow system. The main advantages of the internal dacryocystorhinostomy performed in operating microscope with intubation of lacrimal canaliculi are: minimally invasive, en excellent cosmetic effect, lack of cicatrix, saving of muscular elements responsible for the function of the lacrimal pump, possibility of surgical procedure in spite of an inflammatory process. The authors express the view, that the optimal solution for the treatment of the cases of lacrimal duct stenosis is the ophtalmologist-otorhinolaryngological team procedure while the whole diagnostic and healing process.

[Hyperthyreosis as a cause of postoperative disorders after partial CO2 laser laryngectomy].

In a case of 66 years old man after partial laryngectomy psychiatric disorders with anorectic symptoms and significant loss of weight were observed. Psychiatric treatment was unsuccessful. Further examination and labour data revealed hyperthyreosis.