Figure 1.
A: The thyroid cartilage was incised horizontally; B: Larynx was entered through the supra- or sub-glottis; C: Tissue defect after removal of the middle part of larynx together with tumor under direct vision; D: The larynx was tied and sutured; E: Resected tissue.; F: The anatomical relationship between the AVC and cartilage indicated by spiral CT.
Figure 2.
A: Dotted line indicates the resection area within the larynx during MFHPL; B, C: Dotted line indicates the resection area of thyroid cartilage during MFHPL.
Figure 3.
Dotted line indicates the resection area of thyroid cartilage during AFVPL.
Table 1.
Clinical parameters of patients.
Table 2.
Comparison of VHI scores between MFHPL and AFVPL groups.
Figure 4.
Pre- and post-surgery glottis of patients receiving MFHP.
A: The preoperative glottis under laryngoscopy; B: The postoperative glottis under laryngoscopy 6 months after procedure. C: The preoperative glottis under contrast-enhanced spiral CT.
Figure 5.
Kaplan-Meier curve for overall survival of 57 patients received either MFHPL or AFVPL procedure.
0: AFVPL group; 1: MFHPL group.
Figure 6.
Kaplan-Meier curve for tumor-free survival of 57 patients received either MFHPL or AFVPL procedure.
0: AFVPL group; 1: MFHPL group.