[Results of surgical treatment of laryngeal cancer in elderly patients in 1946-95].

: In the years 1946-1995 in Karol Marcinkowski University School of Medical Sciences, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery the long term results on 2223 patients with laryngeal cancer treated surgically according to the age were evaluated. Five year survival rates after total laryngectomy in elderly persons was 44.2%. Five year survival rates (67.7%) after partial laryngectomy justify their application in suitably chosen cases of cancer of the larynx.