Although oncological results play a highly significant role in selecting the treatment modality, functional outcomes are also important when determining the patient’s treatment preferences.
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Quality of life and voice outcome of patients treated with transoral CO<sub>2</sub> laser microsurgery for early glottic carcinoma (T1-T2): a 2-year follow-up study.
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EORTC QLQ-C30 Patients showed good global health status preoperatively and the improvement in global health status over time was only borderline significant.
However, most likely due to the small sample size of female patients, this improvement did not reach statistical significance.