Extensive carcinoma that invades larynx, epiglottis and base of the tongue (1 of 2)

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The history of supraglottic laryngectomies starts off in 1883 with Bill Roth, who performed the first laryngectomy. This was a very morbid procedure at the time, and many of his patients died on the operating room table. Since then, Trotter was one of the first to excise an epiglottic cancer via lateral pharyngotomy. It was Alonso from South America in the 1950s who was the first to describe the first supraglottic laryngectomy, but it wasn’t until the 60s that Dr. Ogura standardized the technique and showed its efficacy in treating this disease

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