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. 1968 Sep;23(5):550–555. doi: 10.1136/thx.23.5.550

Surgical treatment of post-cricoid carcinoma

Kenneth Mullard 1
PMCID: PMC471846  PMID: 5680240

Abstract

Experience of the treatment of 20 patients with post-cricoid carcinoma is reported, and the conclusion reached was that radical surgery is the best form of treatment, using radiotherapy to deal with subsequent developments. The surgical procedure used has been a single-stage pharyngolaryngectomy and total oesophagectomy with restoration of continuity by a posterior mediastinal colon transplant.

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  1. Hobbs C. R., Mullard K. The treatment of post-cricoid carcinoma by single stage pharyngo-laryngectomy and colon transplant. J Laryngol Otol. 1966 Dec;80(12):1193–1207. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100066573. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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