One hundred fifty years of total laryngectomies.

The inaugural total laryngectomy in history was conducted by Billroth in 1873. Nevertheless, significant enhancements to the technique were achieved through the contributions of Gluck, Sorensen, and various other surgeons. Throughout the twentieth century, advancements in anesthesia, infectious disease, hospital hygiene, antibiotic therapy, resuscitation, and the expertise of numerous laryngologists elevated total laryngectomy to a pivotal surgical intervention in head and neck surgery.

Laryngeal microsurgery under Transnasal Humidified Rapid Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange.

Objective: Since 2015, Transnasal Humidified Rapid Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange (THRIVE) has been used in general anesthesia for preoxygenation or difficult exposure airway management. Its use offers new opportunities in laryngology. THRIVE increases apnea time and frees the access to the upper airway.

Validity and reliability of the Group for Learning Useful and Performant Swallowing (GLUPS) tool.

Introduction: To validate the Group for Learning Useful and Performant Swallowing (GLUPS), a clinical tool dedicated to videofluoroscopy swallowing study (VFSS).

Methods: Forty-five individuals were recruited from January 2022 to March 2023 from the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery of University Hospital Saint-Pierre (Brussels, Belgium). Subjects underwent VFSS, which was rated with GLUPS tool by two blinded otolaryngologists and one speech-therapist.

Tele-rehabilitation in voice disorders during the pandemic: a consensus paper from the French Society of Phoniatrics and Laryngology.

Objectives: To establish a consensus protocol for telerehabilitation in speech therapy for voice disorders.

Methods: The study was conducted according to a modified Delphi method. Twenty speech therapist or laryngologist experts of the French Society of Phoniatrics and Laryngology assessed 24 statements of voice telerehabilitation with a 10-point visual analog scale ranging from 1 (totally disagree) to 10 (totally agree).

Laryngeal Cancer Surgery: History and Current Indications of Transoral Laser Microsurgery and Transoral Robotic Surgery.

The development of transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) was an important step in the history of conservative laryngeal surgery. TLM reported comparable oncological outcomes and better functional postoperative and rehabilitation outcomes than open partial laryngectomy. TLM is currently considered as the standard surgical approach for early-stage laryngeal carcinoma.

Open Partial Laryngectomies: History of Laryngeal Cancer Surgery.

Historically, surgery was the first-choice therapy for early, intermediate and advanced laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). Partial laryngeal surgery has evolved in recent decades and was influenced by many historic events and the development of new technologies. Partial laryngectomies may be performed by open, endoscopic or transoral robotic approaches.

Voice Quality Outcomes After Transoral CO Laser Cordectomy: A Longitudinal Prospective Study.

Objective: To evaluate the evolution of voice quality in patients after type I-VI transoral CO laser cordectomy (TLC) by using validated voice outcome measures over a 12-month period.

Study Design: Prospective uncontrolled study.

Setting: Monocenter study.

Feasibility and safety of THRIVE in transoral laser microsurgery.

Objective: Transnasal Humidified Rapid Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange (THRIVE) presents obvious advantage in laryngeal surgery and Transoral Laser Microsurgery (TLM). Airway fire represents a rare complication of TLM and may be the most important limitation in the use of THRIVE. The objective was to evaluate the different operating conditions of the TLM with THRIVE with regard to fire risk.

Post-Laryngectomy Voice Prosthesis Changes by Speech-Language Pathologists: Preliminary Results.

Background: In the present study, we assess the feasibility and success outcomes of voice prosthesis (VP) changes when performed by a speech-language pathologist (SLP).

Methods: Patients treated with total laryngectomy (TL) from January 2020 to December 2020 were prospectively recruited from our medical center. Patients benefited from tracheoesophageal puncture.

Transoral robotic cordectomy for glottic carcinoma: a rapid review.

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate feasibility, surgical, oncological, and functional outcomes of transoral robotic cordectomy (TORS-Co) and whether TORS-Co reported comparable outcomes of transoral laser microsurgery (TLM).

Methods: PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane Library were searched by three laryngologists for studies investigating feasibility, surgical, oncological, and functional outcomes of patients benefiting from TORS-Co. The following outcomes were investigated according to the PRISMA statements: age; cT stage; types of cordectomy; surgical settings; complications; and functional and feasibility features.

Acoustic measurements are useful therapeutic indicators of patients with dysphonia-related to reflux.

Objectives: The objective is to study the usefulness of acoustic measurements as therapeutic outcomes for patients with dysphonia related to laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR).

Methods: From September 2019 to April 2021, 120 patients with LPR at the hypopharyngeal-esophageal multichannel intraluminal impedance pH-monitoring (HEMII-pH) were prospectively recruited from three University Hospitals. They were divided in two groups regarding the presence of dysphonia.

Evolution of Voice Quality in Type 1-2 Transoral CO Laser Cordectomy: A Prospective Comparative Study.

Objectives/hypothesis: To compare the 12-month evolution of voice quality outcomes in patients who benefited from types 1-2 transoral CO laser cordectomy (TLC) for an early-stage vocal fold squamous cell carcinoma (VFSCC).

Study Design: Prospective uncontrolled study.

Methods: Sixty patients with cT1 VFSCC were consecutively recruited from a single medical center.

Surgical and oncological outcomes of transoral robotic total laryngectomy: A case series.

Objective: To evaluate the oncological, functional and voice rehabilitation outcomes of transoral robotic surgery for total laryngectomy (TORS-TL).

Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients treated by TORS-TL was conducted at a single academic medical center. The following outcomes were studied: indication; average robotic set-up and operative times; mean estimated blood loss; postoperative complications; re-feeding features; mean hospital stay; need of adjuvant therapy and voice rehabilitation type.

Validity and Reliability of the French Short Version of the Questionnaire of Olfactory Disorders-Negative Statements (sQOD-NS).

Objective: To develop a French Short Version of the Questionnaire of Olfactory Disorders-Negative Statements (Fr-sQOD) to assess the quality of life impairments of patients with olfactory dysfunction (OD).

Methods: Patients with OD and controls were enrolled from 2 academic centers. Individuals completed the Fr-sQOD, an OD visual analog scale severity, and the French version of the sinonasal outcome tool-22 (SNOT-22).

An Unusual Cause of Laryngeal Dyspnea.

Introduction: Medialization laryngoplasty with autologous fat (MLA) is indicated in some patients with glottic insufficiency. The approach is usually safe but long-term complications are poorly described.

Case Report: We present the history of a patient who developed progressive dyspnea and dysphonia two decades after bilateral MLA, which were due to the development of laryngea lipoma into the site of fat injection.

Oncological, Surgical and Functional Outcomes of Transoral Robotic Cordectomy for Early Glottic Carcinoma.

Objective: To investigate oncological, surgical and functional outcomes of transoral robotic surgery cordectomy (TORS-Co).

Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients benefiting from TORS-Co for a cT1a vocal fold squamous cell carcinoma was conducted at a single academic medical center. TORS-Co was performed through da Vinci robot.

Patient and otolaryngologist perceptions of telemedicine during COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: The rapid spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 and the implementation of quarantine in many European countries led to a swift change in health care delivery. Telemedicine was implemented in many otolaryngological departments to ensure the continuous care. The purpose of this study is to report our experience about telemedicine in 86 patients consulting virtually in our departments.

Epidemiological, otolaryngological, olfactory and gustatory outcomes according to the severity of COVID-19: a study of 2579 patients.

Objective: To investigate prevalence and epidemiological and clinical factors associated with olfactory dysfunction (OD) and gustatory dysfunction (GD) in COVID-19 patients according to the disease severity.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: A total of 2579 patients with a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 were identified between March 22 and June 3, 2020 from 18 European hospitals.

Surgical, Oncological, and Functional Outcomes of Transoral Robotic Supraglottic Laryngectomy.

Objectives/hypothesis: To investigate the surgical, oncological, and functional outcomes of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for the treatment of supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma.

Study Design: Retrospective chart review.

Methods: The charts of patients treated by TORS supraglottic laryngectomy (SGL) in an academic medical center were reviewed.