A "royal" total laryngectomy that never was

O Laccourreye; F C Holsinger; A Mudry

doi:10.1016/j.anorl.2023.03.003

A "royal" total laryngectomy that never was

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2024 Jan;141(1):41-45. doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2023.03.003. Epub 2023 Mar 30.

Authors

O Laccourreye¹, F C Holsinger², A Mudry²

Affiliations

¹ Service d'otorhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervicofaciale, HEGP, université Paris Cité, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Head & Neck Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 801 Welch Road, Stanford, CA, 94305-5739, USA.

PMID: 37003898
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2023.03.003

Abstract

With this historical vignette, ending the series dedicated to the pioneers of total laryngectomy, published in the EuropeanAnnals of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Diseases to mark the 150th anniversary of the first description of this surgical procedure in humans, the authors recount what history called "The Crown Prince's illness", and wonder what might have happened if the total laryngectomy proposed for Crown Prince Friedrich had finally been performed.

Keywords: Cancer; Larynx; Total laryngectomy.

MeSH terms

Humans
Laryngeal Neoplasms* / surgery
Laryngectomy*
Neck