What should I pay attention to after laryngeal cancer surgery

If a total laryngectomy is performed, it will have a greater impact on the patient's life, causing loss of pronunciation function, and a tracheostomy in the lower front of the neck. The respiratory diversion will cause inconvenience in life, but after 2-3 months, most patients can gradually adapt to the changes in respiratory diversion. It is necessary to observe changes in body temperature. Some patients will have a fever after surgery. In this case, it is necessary to clarify whether it is a normal postoperative fever or a fever caused by infection and inflammation. Of course, patients after surgery need to take medication on time under the guidance of a doctor and should keep a good mood to promote recovery from the disease.

Can laryngoscope detect laryngeal cancer?

Under the electronic laryngoscope, unclear boundaries, rough surfaces, or crater-like ulcers or cauliflower-like neoplasms can be seen in the hypopharyngeal cavity, epiglottis, or laryngeal cavity, and glottis. At this time, a local pathological biopsy can be taken under the laryngoscope. If the pathological diagnosis is laryngeal cancer, it is necessary to promptly perform an extended resection of laryngeal fissure vocal cord cancer under general anesthesia. The laryngoscope can visually display the patient's condition. The surface of the tumor generally shows cauliflower-like, hyperplastic, ulcerative, etc., and the suspected lesion can also be taken for pathological examination in a timely manner. Laryngoscope can detect laryngeal cancer.

Which department should I go to for laryngeal cancer?

Laryngeal cancer is a relatively common malignant tumor of the head and neck. First of all, you need to see an otolaryngologist or head and neck surgeon. It is recommended to do a laryngoscopy, through which you can do pathological section testing and pathological staging and typing. You also need to do a neck CT scan to preliminarily determine the clinical staging and typing. After laryngeal cancer surgery, comprehensive treatment of chemotherapy and radiotherapy is required. Therefore, if you need radiotherapy after laryngeal cancer surgery, you need to see the radiotherapy department. If you need chemotherapy, you need to see the oncology department. At the same time, after diagnosis, surgery should be performed in a timely manner to remove the patient's tumor to help the patient recover quickly.