Stapler Versus Conventional Pharyngeal Repair After Total Larygectomy

Mansoura University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Malignant Tumor of the Larynx

Treatments: Procedure: total laryngectomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06256263

MD.21.06.491

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was done to investigate the efficacy and safety of the linear stapler closure of the pharynx after total laryngectomy.

Enrollment: 58 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All consecutive patients undergoing total laryngectomy for advanced laryngeal carcinoma in the study duration .

Exclusion criteria

• Infiltration of the safety margins proved by postoperative histopathology .
• Patients with tumor extension to the tongue base, or the hypopharynx .
• Patients who are unfit for surgery .
• Patients refusal to surgical treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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58 participants in 2 patient groups

stapler repair group

Active Comparator group

Description:

pharyngeal repair after total laryngectomy was done by using a linear stapler

Treatment:

Procedure: total laryngectomy

conventional repair group

Active Comparator group

Description:

pharyngeal repair after total laryngectomy was done by the conventional method (stitching).

Treatment:

Procedure: total laryngectomy