Research Article

Oncological and Functional Outcome after Surgical Treatment of Early Glottic Carcinoma without Anterior Commissure Involvement

Table 5

Acoustic parameters in both groups of patients before treatment and 12 months after the treatment.

Pretreatment (mean ± SD)After 12 months (mean ± SD)
Endoscopic laser cordectomyOpen cordectomyEndoscopic laser cordectomyOpen cordectomy

F0 (Hz)
149.49 ± 21.78149.62 ± 28.2144.32 ± 23.1146.66 ± 26.69
Student’s t-testP  =  0.399 P  =  0.757
Jitter (%)
0.52 ± 0.150.47 ± 0.150.71 ± 0.270.56 ± 0.16
Student’s t-testP  =  0.684 P  =  0.003 *
Shimmer (%)
5.78 ± 0.985.6 ± 0.976.47 ± 1.226.02 ± 1.04
Student’s t-testP  =  0.341 P  =  0.238
NNE (dB)
−5.41 ± 1.18−5.92 ± 1.08−5.6 ± 1.44−6.05 ± 1.42
Student’s t-testP  =  0.127 P  =  0.75

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