Resurgence of Emergency Total Laryngectomy: An Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic.

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Division of Head and Neck oncology, Dept. of Surgical Oncology, Basavatarakam Indo American cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Banjara hills Rd No 14, 500034 Hyderabad, India.

Published: March 2023

Unlabelled: Laryngeal cancer is one of the most common head and neck cancers in India. Surgery is the preferred modality of treatment in majority of cT4a cases and selective cT3 cases of Carcinoma Larynx. COVID-19 outbreak became a global pandemic and caused significant delays and disruptions in every aspect of cancer care. Similarly, patients of laryngeal cancer presented with advanced disease and significant stridor. In such cases, Emergency total laryngectomy (ETL) proved to be a valid treatment modality in the place of conventional workup and treatment. We present our experience with Emergency laryngectomy during the COVID-19 pandemic and how we overcame its challenges.

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12070-022-03422-5.

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