Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
4th International Cancer Days (4.ICD), Sivas, Türkiye, 28 - 30 Eylül 2023, ss.148-154
ObjectiveThis study highlights the critical role of direct laryngoscopy in identifying and treating laryngeal pathologies by analysing patients' medical data.Methods We retrospectively reviewed the records of patients who underwent direct laryngoscopy for laryngeal complaints between 2018 and 2023. We evaluated demographic data, lifestyle habits, clinical symptoms and histopathological results and compared them with hematologic inflammatory variables. Results Dysphonia was the main symptom in 210 patients. Most laryngeal lesions were in the glottic region, and saccular-cystic formations were the most common findings (56.7%). Significant associations existed between histopathologic results and factors such as gender, tobacco use and chronic diseases. Histologic types were closely associated with neoplastic progression. In particular, while 90 patients had benign features, low-grade dysplasia was the most important precancerous finding, and squamous cell carcinoma was the leading malignancy. Advanced age was correlated with malignant laryngeal tumours. There was no significant difference between the levels of inflammatory hematologic markers in benign, precancerous and malignant lesions. Conclusions More than half of the patients (57.14%) had precancerous and malignant laryngeal tumours. Our observations reaffirm the important role of direct laryngoscopy in laryngeal diagnosis and treatment. Keywords: Direct laryngoscopy, larynx, precancerous lesion, malignant, benign