Themistocles Gluck and the premises of modern total laryngectomy

A Mudry; N Fakhry

doi:10.1016/j.anorl.2022.11.001

Themistocles Gluck and the premises of modern total laryngectomy

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2023 Aug;140(4):187-189. doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2022.11.001. Epub 2022 Dec 7.

Authors

A Mudry¹, N Fakhry²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 801, Welch Road, 94305-5739 Stanford, CA, United States. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Aix-Marseille University, AP-HM, La conception Hospital, 147, boulevard Baille, 13005 Marseille, France.

PMID: 36496346
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2022.11.001

Abstract

The aim of this historical vignette is to recall the importance of the German surgeon Themistocles Gluck in the development of total laryngectomy with primary closure of the pharyngeal orifice, a technique proposed a few years after Theodor Billroth's first total laryngectomy in 1873.

Keywords: Circular tracheostoma; Gluck; History; Larngectomy.

Publication types

Historical Article

MeSH terms

History, 19th Century
Humans
Laryngectomy* / history