Abstract

AIM: The histopathological results of the operation materials of the patients to whom suspension laryngoscopy vvas applied in our clinic within last 5 years were evaluated. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The evaluation was performed retrospectively on 425 patients who was underwent suspension laryngoscopy in our clinic RESULTS: Range was between 17 and 71 (median 48,9 years) and the female/male ratio was 77/348. In the histopathological assesment of the 425 patients, vocal cord polyp was reported in 143 (33,6%) patients. There were a total 104 (24,4%) cases with malignancies in which 98 of them had epidermoid carcinoma and 2 had adenocarsinoma. Carcinoma in situ was detected in 14 patients. CONCLUSION: The suspension laryngoscopy is one of the most useful methods in both the diagnosis and the treatment of the vocal cord pathologies.