1885: First total laryngectomy and artificial larynx in France

O Laccourreye; D Garcia; S Guiquerro; A Mudry

doi:10.1016/j.anorl.2023.02.005

1885: First total laryngectomy and artificial larynx in France

Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2023 Sep;140(5):243-245. doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2023.02.005. Epub 2023 Feb 27.

Authors

O Laccourreye¹, D Garcia², S Guiquerro³, A Mudry⁴

Affiliations

¹ Université Paris Cité, service d'otorhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale HEGP, AP-HP, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: ollivier.laccourreye@aphp.fr.
² Hôpital français, SO1Pho Phuong Mai District Dong Da, Hanoi, Vietnam.
³ Université Paris Cité, bibliothèque universitaire Necker, 160, rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 801, Welch road, Stanford, CA, 94305-5739, USA.

PMID: 36858931
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2023.02.005

Abstract

This year, 2023, is the 150th anniversary of the first total laryngectomy for cancer, by Theodor Billroth. The authors reconstruct the conditions under which, on March 12, 1885, this operation was then performed for the first time in France, by Leon Labbé, and present the man himself, and also M. Cadier, the inventive genius who designed the first artificial larynx used in this country.

Keywords: Cancer total laryngectomy; Larynx.

MeSH terms

France
Humans
Laryngeal Neoplasms* / surgery
Laryngectomy
Larynx* / surgery
Larynx, Artificial*
Prosthesis Implantation