A "royal" total laryngectomy that never was.

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis

Division of Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 801 Welch Road, Stanford, CA, 94305-5739, USA.

Published: January 2024

With this historical vignette, ending the series dedicated to the pioneers of total laryngectomy, published in the EuropeanAnnals of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Diseases to mark the 150th anniversary of the first description of this surgical procedure in humans, the authors recount what history called "The Crown Prince's illness", and wonder what might have happened if the total laryngectomy proposed for Crown Prince Friedrich had finally been performed.

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