Giannis Thrasyvoulou

Thrasyvoulou Head &Neck Thyroid Center (25727207)

We conducted a cross-sectional study to compare the horizontal and vertical methods used in the surgical closure of the neo-pharynx after total laryngectomy in terms of their effect on swallowing function, swallowing-related quality of life (QOL), and overall QOL. We also assessed the potential influence of age (=64 vs. =65 yr) and the type of trea...

Pregnancy-associated immunosuppression necessitates increased vigilance in the differential diagnosis of nasal obstruction

Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid is the commonest type of thyroid cancer. Laryngeal infiltration from papillary thyroid carcinoma is extremely rare, with only a few cases of partial invasion described in the literature. We present a very unusual case of complete infiltration of both thyroid and cricoid cartilages from a neglected papillary thyroi...

Squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx is a unique clinical entity among other head neck cancers as the majority of patients have an advanced stage at presentation and multiple co-morbidities.(1,2) The survival rates for this group of patients are less than half that of the survival rates of laryngeal cancer despite being just a few millimetres...

Squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx is a unique clinical entity among other head neck cancers as the majority of patients have an advanced stage at presentation and multiple co-morbidities.(1,2) The survival rates for this group of patients are less than half that of the survival rates of laryngeal cancer despite being just a few millimetres...