[Tracheotomy in the surgical treatment of carcinomas of the pharyngo-larynx (author's transl)].

The authors studied the local postoperative course and period of hospitalisation after 890 total and partial pharyngo-laryngectomies according to whether the operation was started under general anaesthesia by intubation or after tracheotomy under local anaesthesia. The authors show the improvement in postoperative course as well as the decrease in the period of hospitalisation when intubation was used first.