A 50 year old male chronic smoker complaints of hoarseness of voice for the past 4 months. Microlaryngoscopic biopsy shows it to be keratosis of the larynx. All are suggested treatment modalities for this condition, EXCEPT:
Laryngeal keratosis is a precancerous condition. Treatment modalities includes avoidance of aetiological factors such as smoking, stripping of vocal cords and examination of tissues for malignancy and use of laser vaporization. The treatment of Keratosis of the larynx is conservative involving microsurgical excision. Paial laryngectomy may be used in the presence of ceain T1 stage malignancy of Larynx.
Stop smoking
Laser vaporizer
Paial laryngectomy
Stripping of vocal cord