Neck Management in Patients Undergoing Postradiotherapy Salvage Laryngeal Surgery for Recurrent/Persistent Laryngeal Cancer

Abstract

Management of the neck in patients undergoing salvage total or supracricoid laryngectomy for laryngeal cancer recurrence/persistence after primary RT should be based on the preSLS CT staging of the neck. Patients staged N-0 preSLS are not likely to harbor occult nodal metastasis and therefore may not require elective neck dissection.