Textbook of Surgery of Larynx and Trachea

Marc Remacle is a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Louvain, Belgium, and is in charge of voice and swallowing disorders at the ENT Department of the Luxembourg Hospital Center, Luxembourg. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the European Archives of Oto-rhino-laryngology, and a founding member and former General Secretary of the European Laryngological Society, and a founding member and past President of the Confederation for European Oto-rhino-laryngology and Head & Neck Surgery. His main interests include the applications of laser-assisted and robotic surgery to laryngology and head and neck surgery

Hans Edmund Eckel is an internationally respected laryngologist and head & neck surgeon. He is Head of the Oto-rhino-laryngology Department in Klagenfurt, Austria. He is past President of the European Laryngological Society, the Austrian Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngolgy, Head and Neck Surgery,  and the Confederation of the European ORL-Head & Neck surgery. He has published landmark papers on laser-assisted transoral microsurgery. He is also an editorial board member of the European Archives of ORL-Head Neck Surgery. His main interests are laryngology and applications of laser-assisted surgery.

This fully revised and expanded second edition provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the fundamentals of contemporary larynx and trachea surgery, presenting the state of the art in European laryngology. The book includes the most recent developments in surgery, such as robotic surgery, as well as novel materials such as the CO2 waveguide, and describes the technical aspects of the various procedures in detail to allow readers to implement them. It particularly focuses on issues like the treatment of papilloma, the transoral surgery of T3-T4 larynx cancer and scarring of the vocal fold. The contributors are experts in the field, mainly from the European Laryngological Society and European Head & Neck Society, but also from America and Asia.This textbook is a valuable resource for ENT trainees and those superspecializing in laryngology, as well as for experienced laryngologists and head & neck surgeons.

Foreword.- Preface.- Physiology of larynx.- Assessment of Voice and respiratory function.- Fundamental of laryngeal surgery: approaches, instrumentation and basic microlaryngoscopic techniques.- Microphonosurgery using cold steel.- Laser-Assisted phonosurgery.- Laryngeal Framework Surgery.- Scar of the vocal fold.- Voice feminization.- Exercice induced laryngeal obstruction EILO.- Office-based procedures.- Laryngeal surgery in children.- Laryngeal papillomatosis.- Laryngeal trauma.- Glottic airway stenosis.- Subglottic and tracheal stenosis.-Tracheotomy.- Neurolaryngology.- Spasmodic dysphonia.- Therapeutic options.- Nerve reconstruction.- Preoperative assesment of laryngeal cancer.- HPV and laryngeal cancer.-Transoral approach for early cancers.- Transoral approach for extended cancers (T3-T4).-Open partial surgery for laryngeal cancers.- Total laryngectomy.- Principles of salvage laryngeal surgery.- Management of Tracheal Tumours.- Reconstruction of the laryngeal and pharyngeal defects.- Voice restoration.- Robotic surgery  Da Vinci.- Robotic surgery flex system.- Surgery for Swallowing disorders.- Preoperative and postoperative speech therapy.