[Horizontal-glottic laryngectomy: operative technique].

Operative technique is being presented, applied in some cases of glottic cancer with preserved movability of the vocal cords (cancer of both vocal cords, diffuse dysplasia of the vocal cords with cancer in situ, verrucous carcinoma of the glottis, carcinoma of single vocal cord crossing superficially through the anterior commissure into the opposite side). The operation consists of excision of the vocal cords together with part of the thyroid cartilage preserving one or both arytenoid cartilages. Reconstruction is done by join.