Long-term Voice Outcome Following Radiation Versus Laser Microsurgery in Early Glottic Cancer

摘要

Objectives. Long-term voice outcome (LTVO) after radiation (XRT) or trans-oral laser microsurgery (TLM) is unclear. This study is a multi-modality analysis of LTVO following XRT or TLM in patients with early glottic cancer. We hypothesize that as compared with TLM,LTVO is worse in the XRT group because of progressive fibrosis in the glottic tissue