Abstract:
Objective To compare the clinical efficacy of narrow band imaging (NBI)-guided microscopic CO2 laser surgery and conventional microscopic CO2 laser surgery in treatment of patients with vocal cord atypical hyperplasia.
Methods A total of 90 patients with vocal cord atypical hyperplasia were enrolled as study subjects. Based on different surgical approaches, they were divided into conventional group (43 cases, undergoing conventional microscopic CO2 laser surgery) and NBI-guided group (47 cases, undergoing NBI-guided microscopic CO2 laser surgery). The negative margin rate, complication rate, recurrence rate, and the levels of voice-related parameters (jitter, shimmer, noise-to-harmonic ratio) and inflammatory factorsC-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6)before and after surgery were compared between the two groups.
Results The negative margin rate of the first-time biopsy after laser surgery in the NBI-guided group was 97.87%, which was higher than 86.05% in the conventional group, with a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05). After surgery, the jitter, shimmer and noise-to-harmonic ratio in both groups were lower than those before surgery, with statistically significant differences (P < 0.05), but there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05). After surgery, the levels of CRP and IL-6 in both groups were lower than those before surgery, with statistically significant differences (P < 0.05), but there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (P>0.05). The complication rate was 4.26% in the NBI-guided group, and 9.30% in the conventional group, with no statistically significant between-group difference (P>0.05). During a follow-up of 6 months to 2 years, the recurrence rate in the NBI-guided group was 2.13% and 6.98% in the conventional group, with no statistically significant between-group difference (P>0.05).
Conclusion Compared with conventional microscopic CO2 laser surgery, NBI-guided microscopic CO2 laser surgery can more precisely determine the range of the lesion and the surrounding mucosal margins and reduce the number of intraoperative biopsies in the treatment of vocal cord atypical hyperplasia. However, the two surgical methods have similar impacts on postoperative voice-related parameters, inflammatory factors, complications and recurrence rates.