[Treatment results following supraglottic laryngectomy in carcinoma of the oropharynx, base of the tongue and hypopharynx. 1. Indication limits of supraglottic laryngectomy].

The indications are exactly fixed and critically screened in 110 cases of supraglottic laryngectomy. Comparison with more radical surgical methods yields the same results with functional advantages of supraglottic laryngectomy. The limitations of resection are: the foramen coecum at the base of tongue, the arytenoids and the vocal cord at the entrance of the larynx, the piriform recessus in cases of extension to the hypopharynx.