THE TREATMENT OF PAPILLOMA OF THE LARYNX BY FULGURATION AND DIATHERMY

Abstract

The clinical reports of laryngologists on the surgery of papilloma of the larynx give evidence that the methods in practice have not reached that stage of perfection which warrants standardization of technic. In fact, laryngeal pathology in this line is in a rather confused state. Ideal results cannot be claimed for any particular method. It would appear that we have hitherto been satisfied with restoration of the respiratory function with more or less imperfect phonation. Our attention has been directed to this work by observation of results achieved in urology in the treatment of papilloma of the bladder, certainly a comparable type of surgery, and presenting similar problems. The pathology and natural history of papilloma of the bladder has been thoroughly studied and the treatment standardized in an exemplary manner. This ideal is eradication without perceptible trauma or scar formation. Dermatologists treat skin neoplasms of similar nature with like precision,