Proposal for revision of the European Laryngological Society classification of endoscopic cordectomies.

Remacle, Marc;Van Haverbeke, Christophe;Eckel, Hans;Bradley, Patrick;Werner, Jochen;et.al.
(2007) European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology — Vol. 264, n° 5, p. 499-504 (2007)

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  • Remacle, MarcUCLouvain
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  • Van Haverbeke, Christophe
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  • Eckel, Hans
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Abstract
A classification of laryngeal endoscopic cordectomies, which included eight different types, was first proposed by the European Laryngological Society in 2000. The purpose of this proposal of classification was an attempt to reach better consensus amongst clinicians and agree on uniformity in reporting the extent and depth of resection of cordectomy procedures, to allow relevant comparisons within the literature when presenting/publishing the results of surgery, and to recommend the use of guidelines to allow for reproducibility amongst practicing laryngologists. A total of 24 article citations of this classification have been found through the science citation index, as well as 3 book chapters on larynx cancer surgery, confirming its acceptance. However, on reflection, and with the passage of time, lesions originating at the anterior commissure have not been clearly described and, for that reason, a new endoscopic cordectomy (type VI) for cancers of the anterior commissure, which have extended or not to one or both of the vocal folds, without infiltration of the thyroid cartilage is now being proposed by the European Laryngological Society Committee on Nomenclature to revise and complete the initially reported classification.
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Remacle, M., Van Haverbeke, C., Eckel, H., Bradley, P., Chevalier, D., Djukic, V., de Vicentiis, M., Friedrich, G., Olofsson, J., Peretti, G., Quer, M., & Werner, J. (2007). Proposal for revision of the European Laryngological Society classification of endoscopic cordectomies. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 264(5), 499-504. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-007-0279-z (Original work published 2007)