NCLEX Review & Nursing School

Laryngeal Cancer

Causes and Factors

• Excessive alcohol intake
• smoking and chewing tobacco

Assessment

• Early sign includes hoarsness in voice
• Late sign are dysphagia, dyspnea, muffled sound, coughing, hemoptsis

Treatment:

• Chemotherapy, Radiation and Surgery.
• Total larygectomy is often performed

Post Op Interventions:

• The use of alternative communication
• Assist with esophageal speech
• Stoma care is performed as required
• Patient Airway is number 1 priority

Note that Tracheaostomy tubes are used for long term airway management.

• They are inserted through surgical opening (stoma) into the trachea.