Skip to main content
. 2016 May 7;83(3):269–275. doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2016.03.019

Table 3.

Comparison between groups of patients with laryngeal and/or hypopharyngeal SCC submitted to TL or TPL with HT or TT – age and largest size of the tumor.

Variable Thy Pos Thy Neg p-value
Age (years)
 Mean ± SD 60.7 ± 11.5 59.2 ± 9.9 0.678



Largest size of the tumor (cm)
 Mean ± SD 5.5 ± 2.7 4.3 ± 1.5 0.943

SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; TL, total laryngectomy; TPL, total pharyngolaryngectomy; HT, hemithyroidectomy; TT, total thyroidectomy; Thy Pos, thyroid gland positive for malignancy; Thy Neg, thyroid gland negative for malignancy; SD, standard deviation.