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- Title
Outcomes after eye‐sparing surgery vs orbital exenteration in patients with lacrimal gland carcinoma.
- Authors
Bonavolontà, Paola; Esmaeli, Bita; Donna, Piero; Tranfa, Fausto; Iuliano, Adriana; Abbate, Vincenzo; Fossataro, Federica; Attanasi, Federica; Bonavolontà, Giulio
- Abstract
Background: This study examined whether eye‐sparing surgery is associated with better or worse outcomes than exenteration for the treatment of lacrimal gland carcinomas. Methods: Forty‐six patients treated for lacrimal gland carcinoma were retrospectively reviewed and compared. A statistical analysis was performed using Kaplan‐Meier plots. Results: The overall survival rates for eye‐sparing surgery were 52% and 37% at 5 and 10 years, and those for exenteration were 37% and 25% at 5 and 10 years, respectively (P =.73). The proportion of patients with local regional control at both 5 and 10 years after eye‐sparing surgery was 0.75, and that for exenteration was 0.47 (P =.30). For eye‐sparing surgery, the proportions of distant metastasis‐free survival at 5 and 10 years were 0.51 and 0.39 for eye‐sparing surgery and 0.29 and 0.14 for exenteration (P =.50). Conclusion: Because the outcomes were not significantly different, the authors suggest that eye‐sparing surgery can be proposed as a reasonable approach for lacrimal gland carcinomas in appropriately selected patients.
- Subjects
LACRIMAL apparatus; CARCINOMA; SURGERY
- Publication
Head & Neck, 2020, Vol 42, Issue 5, p988
- ISSN
1043-3074
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/hed.26073