Meta-Analysis of Low Temperature Plasma Radiofrequency Ablation and CO<sub>2</sub> Laser Surgery on Early Glottic Laryngeal Carcinoma

Wang, Cheng; Zhao, Ye; Li, Changhu; Song, Qiang; Wang, Fuxing

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3417005

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Meta-Analysis of Low Temperature Plasma Radiofrequency Ablation and CO₂ Laser Surgery on Early Glottic Laryngeal Carcinoma

Cheng Wang,^1,2Ye Zhao,^1,3Changhu Li,²Qiang Song,²and Fuxing Wang²

Academic Editor: Naeem Jan

Received09 May 2022

Revised18 Jun 2022

Accepted21 Jun 2022

Published06 Jul 2022

Abstract

Objective. Meta-analysis is used to analyze the treatment of early glottic laryngeal carcinoma by cryogenic plasma radiofrequency ablation combined with CO₂ laser surgery. Methods. Retrieval of PubMed, Embase, Medline, VIP, Wanfang, and CNKI databases using a computer. The retrieval period is from the creation of the database until August 31, 2021. References to the included literature were also searched at the same time. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, literatures are screened independently, relevant data were extracted, and meta-analysis was conducted. Results. Recurrence rates are reported in seven literatures. In interstudy heterogeneity test: , , fixed effect model analysis shows that there is no significant difference in recurrence rate between low temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation and CO₂ laser ablation (, 95% CI (0.35, 1.29), ). Intraoperative blood loss is reported in 5 literatures, and heterogeneity test of each study is as follows: , . Low temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation results in more intraoperative blood loss than CO₂ laser ablation (, 95% CI (0.08, 0.82), ). There are five reports on postoperative pain in two treatments: , . There is no significant difference in postoperative pain between low temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation and CO₂ laser ablation (, 95% CI (-0.44, 0.10), ). Operative time is reported in nine articles: , . The operative time of low temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation is significantly shorter than CO₂ laser ablation (, 95% CI (-3.91, -1.62), ). There are two reports on postoperative mucosal recovery: , . Low temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation was significantly better than CO₂ laser ablation in postoperative mucosal recovery (, 95% CI (2.36, 10.18), ). Conclusion. Low temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation is superior to CO₂ laser surgery in the treatment of early glottic laryngeal carcinoma in terms of operative time and postoperative mucosal recovery. Low-temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation, on the other hand, results in higher intraoperative blood loss, with no discernible difference in recurrence rate or postoperative pain severity between the two treatments.

1. Introduction

Laryngeal cancer is a common tumor in otorhinolaryngology, accounting for 1% ~5% of all malignant tumors. The total incidence of laryngeal cancer is about 2.04/100 000, among which the incidence of male is higher than that of female. In the early stage of the disease, patients will have clinical manifestations of hoarseness. At the same time, it is difficult to be found in clinical practice because blood and lymphatic metastasis are rare in the early stage [1]. Laryngeal cancer is associated with a variety of factors, including age, smoking, alcohol consumption, environmental pollution, family history, and glutathione S-transferase M1 gene deletion. Therefore, for the prevention and treatment of early glottic laryngeal cancer, it is particularly important to ensure that you do not smoke, drink, eat hot and spicy food, and have regular physical examination [2, 3]. The early glottic carcinoma in clinic mainly invades the glottic tissue of the larynx. Clinically, glottic laryngeal carcinoma can be divided into three stages: Tis stage, T1a stage, and T1b stage, and a small number of lesions are limited to T2 stage [4, 5]. Because of the large trauma area of open surgery, and some patients need to take endotracheal intubation for a long time to maintain treatment, and the body tolerance is poor, the clinical promotion of open surgery is greatly limited by the difference of patients’ physical quality [6–8]. The main aim of laryngeal cancer treatment is to completely remove the tumor tissue and preserve laryngeal function as much as possible. CO₂ laser has been applied in laryngeal microsurgery for glottic laryngeal carcinoma since 1970s. Plasma radiofrequency ablation is a new minimally invasive surgical method. These two surgical methods have been applied in microsurgery of otorhinolaryngology [9]. It is difficult to ensure the safety edge because to its wide knife head and limited operation in the throat; thus, it cannot cut as accurately as a CO₂ laser. Despite the fact that several studies have validated the usefulness of the two minimally invasive procedures, there is still debate about their efficacy [10]. The significance of this meta-analysis is to obtain the analysis results by comparing various outcome indicators of the two surgical methods through large-scale evidence-based medical data, to provide evidence-based medical evidence for clinicians to choose appropriate surgical methods according to the characteristics of patients with early glottic laryngeal carcinoma.

The main body of this study is as follows:

Section 1-Data and Methods: this section first introduces the literature retrieval methods used in this study; then, based on the purpose of the study, the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the literature are set, and the quality of the literature is evaluated; finally, the relevant data are extracted, and the statistical methods used in this study are described

Section 2–Results is as follows: this section evaluates the quality of the included literature based on the screening results of the literature and finally obtains the results of the meta-analysis

Section 3-Discussion: based on the results of the meta-analysis in Section 2, this section discusses the relevant issues

Section 4-Conclusion: final conclusion of this study

2. Data and Methods

2.1. Retrieval Methods

Two evaluators search for published domestic and foreign controlled trials. There is a computer retrieval of PubMed, Embase, Medline, VIP, Wanfang, and CNKI databases. The retrieval period is from database construction to August 31, 2021. If the outcome data report is not available or the original data is missing, send a note to the author requesting the data and including as much of the needed literature as feasible.

2.2. Literature Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria

In accordance with PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) principle, 2 evaluators independently screen, include, and exclude literatures for multiple times by reading the key words, abstract, and full text of literatures in detail.

Inclusion criteria were as follows: ① the patients are confirmed to have primary early laryngeal carcinoma or precancerous lesion by pathologic and cytological examination, and none of them undergo surgery or radiotherapy, ② clinical and radiographic examinations reveal no distant metastases or lymph node metastasis, and ③ the types of studies include randomized controlled trials and retrospective studies.

Exclusion criteria were as follows: ① raw data reports are incomplete, and authors cannot be contacted, ② duplicate studies with incomplete data, or multiple studies from the same center with duplicate data, the most recent study will prevail, and ③ investigate the efficacy of single treatment such as low-temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation of glottic carcinoma under supported laryngoscope or CO₂ laser glottic carcinoma resection.

2.3. Literature Quality Evaluation

The included literatures are evaluated by two reviewers according to the Cochrane risk assessment criteria for bias (2016 edition. It is one of the most common bias risk assessment tools in the field of evidence-based medicine. It is mainly applicable to randomized controlled trials (RCTs)). The evaluation includes the following: ① whether a randomized controlled study, ② whether there is a distribution plan, ③ whether to perform blinding, ④ integrity of resulting data, and ⑤ other bias [11].

2.4. Data Extraction

Two evaluators independently screen the literature in the search results to determine potential relevance. If both parties fail to form a unified understanding, a third party can be invited to participate in the discussion to help make a decision. Literature screening is as follows: first, read the title and abstract of the literature for preliminary screening. Then, follow the established inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria to screen the literature and finally obtain the literature that meets the research objectives.

2.5. Statistical Method

Meta-analysis is performed using Review Manager5.3 software provided by the Cochrane collaboration for data synthesis, and the test level is . OR (odds ratio) is used for combined analysis for counting data. If the measurement tools are the same, MD (weighted mean difference) is used for continuous data analysis. SMD (standard mean difference) is used for analysis if the measurement tools are different, and 95% confidence intervals (CI) are calculated for all analyses. test is used to analyze heterogeneity. In test and test, and are regarded as homogeneity, and fixed effect model is used to analyze heterogeneity [12]. is considered statistically significant. The sensitivity analysis method is one by one elimination.

3. Results

This section evaluates the quality of the included literature based on the screening results of the literature and finally obtains the results of the meta-analysis.

3.1. Results of Literature Screening and the Basic Information of Included Studies

A total of 47 relevant literatures were retrieved using the above retrieval methods, comprising 35 Chinese literatures and 12 international literatures. After reading the full texts, 9 articles were included according to the criteria.

Gender and age differences between the observation and control groups are not statistically significant (). Outcome indicators included the following: ① recurrence rate, ② intraoperative blood loss, ③ operation time, ④ postoperative pain degree, and ⑤ postoperative mucosal recovery. Basic information of included literature is shown in Table 1.

3.2. Methodological Quality Evaluation of Included Studies

The included literature includes 6 RCTS and 3 RCS. Among the 9 RCTS, 1 is double-blind, and 1 is single-blind. The truncated data of 1 of all the studies are incomplete, but the reasons could be explained. The quality of the included literature meets the requirements of this study in conclusion. Bias risk analysis is shown in Figure 1.

The total score of 3 RCS scores was ≥7 points, see Table 2 for the quality evaluation of RCS documents.

3.3. Results of Meta-Analysis

Combined with the clinical indicators concerned about the treatment of early glottic laryngeal cancer, this study obtained the research results on the following seven indicators (Figure 2): ① recurrence rate, ② intraoperative blood loss, ③ postoperative pain degree, ④ operation time, ⑤ postoperative mucosal recovery, ⑥ sensitivity analysis, and ⑦ publication bias analysis.

3.4. Recurrence Rate

Recurrence rates are reported in seven literatures. In interstudy heterogeneity test: , , fixed effect model analysis shows that there is no significant difference in recurrence rate between low temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation and CO₂ laser ablation (, 95% CI (0.35, 1.29), ). Results of meta-analysis on recurrence rate are shown in Table 3.

3.5. Blood Loss in Intraoperative

Intraoperative blood loss is reported in 5 literatures, and heterogeneity test of each study is as follows: , . Low temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation results in more intraoperative blood loss than CO₂ laser ablation (, 95% CI (0.08, 0.82), ). Meta-analysis results of intraoperative blood loss are shown in Table 4.

3.6. Postoperative Pain Degree

There are five reports on postoperative pain in two treatments: , . Between low temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation and CO₂ laser ablation (, 95% CI (-0.44, 0.10), ) has no significant difference in postoperative pain (Table 5).

3.7. Operation Time

Operative time is reported in nine articles: , . The operative time of low temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation is significantly shorter than CO₂ laser ablation (, 95% CI (-3.91, -1.62), ) (Table 6).

3.8. Postoperative Mucosal Recovery

There are two reports on postoperative mucosal recovery: , . Low temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation was significantly better than CO₂ laser ablation in postoperative mucosal recovery (, 95% CI (2.36, 10.18), ), see Table 7 for the above analysis results:

3.9. Sensitivity Analysis

In meta-analysis of operative time and postoperative vocal quality, there is no significant difference in the combined results before and after elimination. is still greater than 50% () when the study of Shuang et al. is excluded, but the combined results of META analysis showed significant differences (, 95% CI (0.17, 0.28), ). In the meta-analysis of postoperative pain, decreases to 17% after removing the study of Yuke et al., and the combined results of meta-analysis still show no difference.

3.10. Publication Bias Analysis

Figure 3 shows a funnel plot of the operative time and recurrence rate for cryogenic plasma radiofrequency ablation and CO₂ laser excision for early glottic laryngeal cancer and Figure 4.

4. Discussion

Patients with early glottic laryngeal cancer have no obvious clinical signs and are accompanied by adverse symptoms. Early treatment is often ignored. For early glottic laryngeal carcinoma, if timely diagnosis and surgical intervention, the prognosis is better [22]. Open surgery, on the other hand, has a big wound area, poor tolerance, slow postoperative recovery, and a wide range of resection, and postoperative breathing, swallowing, and vocalization functions are frequently impacted to variable degrees, lowering quality of life [23]. Therefore, it is difficult to popularize the pioneering operation in the treatment of patients with early glottic laryngeal cancer [24]. CO₂ laser is a kind of gas molecular laser that can be continuously emitted by invisible light and far infrared spectrum. The tissue is vaporized instantly after contacting the high energy laser beam. It has the advantages of accurate target and rapid treatment [25, 26]. However, the linear beam of CO₂ laser may increase the risk of postoperative recurrence due to the obscuring of visual field caused by poor exposure during surgery. Compared with CO₂ laser, plasma is a new surgical method for early glottic laryngeal carcinoma with a shorter time. In addition, the plasma cutter head used in plasma radiofrequency ablation has the functions of ablation, cutting, and hemostasis. The operation is convenient, and the plasma knife head can be bent to a narrow space and cut off the lesion that is difficult to be handled by ordinary surgery [27, 28]. The basic frequency perturbation, amplitude perturbation, and harmonic noise ratio are used in a meta-analysis of postoperative vocal quality indicators to reflect the postoperative voice quality of patients. The fundamental frequency perturbation reflects the roughness of the sound, the amplitude perturbation reflects the hoarseness of the sound, and the harmonic noise ratio is related to the sound quality [29].

5. Conclusion

In conclusion, low temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation is superior to CO₂ laser surgery in the treatment of early glottic laryngeal carcinoma in terms of operative time and postoperative mucosal recovery. In terms of postoperative pain, plasma radiofrequency ablation was less painful than C0₂ laser, and the subjective and objective voice function recovered better. However, low temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation has more intraoperative blood loss, and there is no significant difference in recurrence rate and postoperative pain degree between the two treatments. In a comprehensive comparison, low-temperature plasma radiofrequency ablation for early glottic laryngeal cancer has the advantages of convenient operation, hemostasis, fast wound healing, and little damage to the surrounding tissues, which has the value of clinical promotion.

Data Availability

The data used to support the findings of this study are included within the article.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

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